by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Rainbow, stay
Language: English
Rosamund Rainbow, stay, Gleam upon gloom, Bright as my dream, Rainbow, stay! But it passes away, Gloom upon gleam, Dark as my doom -- O rainbow stay.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Becket, Act III, Scene 1, first published 1884 [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 Claude Haydon (1884 - 1960), "Rainbow" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "Rainbow stay" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-01
Line count: 9
Word count: 26