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by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931)

The little red lark
Language: English 
Oh swan of slenderness,
Dove of tenderness,
  Jewel of joys, arise!
The little red lark,
Like a [rosy]1 spark
  Of song to his sunburst flies.
But till [thou art]2 risen
Earth is a prison
  Full of my lonesome sighs;
Then awake and discover
To thy fond lover
  The morn of thy matchless eyes.

The dawn is dark to me.
Hark! o hark to me,
  Pulse of my heart, I pray!
And out of thy hiding
With blushes gliding
  Dazzle me with thy day.
Ah, then, once more to thee
Flying I'll pour to thee
  Passion so sweet and gay.
The lark shall listen,
And dewdrops glisten,
 Laughing on [every]3 spray.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Stanford 

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1 Stanford: "soaring"
2 Stanford: "thou'rt"
3 Stanford: "ev'ry"

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931), "The little red lark", appears in Irish Songs and Ballads, in Songs and Ballads, first published 1880 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "The little red lark", published [1882?] [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Old Ireland. A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies Unknown in England, no. 1, arrangement ; London, Boosey & Co. ; dedicated to Johannes Brahms, August 1882 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 113

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