by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the...
Language: English
Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the sky! A young man will be wiser by and by; An old man's wit may wander ere he die. Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow on the lea! And truth is this to me, and that to thee; And truth or clothed or naked let it be. Rain, sun, and rain! and the free blossom blows: Sun, rain, and sun! and where is he who knows? From the great deep to the great deep he goes.
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- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Holy Grail and Other Poems, in The Coming of Arthur, first published 1869 [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 Joseph Joachim (1831 - 1907), "Merlin's song", published 1880, from the collection Songs from the published writings of Alfred Tennyson, London : C. Kegan Paul [text verified 1 time]
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