by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
A dark Indian maiden
Language: English
A dark Indian maiden, Warbling in the bloom'd liana, Stepping lightly flower-laden, By the crimson-eyed anana, Wantoning in orange groves Naked, and dark-limb'd, and gay, Bathing in the slumbrous coves, In the cocoa-shadow'd coves, Of sunbright Xaraguay, Who was so happy as Anacaona, The beauty of Espagnola, The golden flower of Hayti?
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir, no. 1, first published 1897 [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 Boris Blacher (1903 - 1975), "A dark Indian maiden", published 1969 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Anacaona, no. 1, Berlin, Bote & Bock [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 52