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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Translation by Adolf Strodtmann (1829 - 1879)

Home they brought her warrior dead
Language: English 
Home they brought her warrior dead:
  She nor swooned, nor uttered cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
  'She must weep or she [will]1 die.'

Then they praised him, soft and low,
  Called him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
  Yet she neither spoke nor moved.

Stole a maiden from her place,
  Lightly to the warrior stept,
Took the face-cloth from the face;
  Yet she neither moved nor wept.

Rose a nurse of ninety years,
  Set his child upon her knee --
Like summer tempest came her tears --
  'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'

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•   G. Holst 

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1 Holst: "must"

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Princess, first published 1850 [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 Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Home they brought her warrior dead", op. 20a no. 5, H. 80 no. 5 [ chorus ], from Songs from The Princess, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Home they brought her warrior dead", op. 7 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maria Lindsay (flourished 1855-1875), "Home they brought her warrior dead", published 1858? [ voice and piano ], London : Robert Cocks & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Home they brought her warrior dead" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Home they brought her warrior dead", published 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wim Zwaag (b. 1960), "Home they brought her warrior dead", 1997 [ high mezzo-soprano or high baritone and piano ], from Three Tennyson Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Strodtmann (1829 - 1879) , no title, appears in Lieder- und Balladenbuch amerikanischer und englischer Dichter der Gegenwart, in Lieder aus "Die Prinzessin", no. 6, first published 1862 ; composed by Heinrich Zöllner.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

Todt sie ihren Krieger sah
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
     Todt sie ihren Krieger sah,
Jammernd sank sie nicht aufs Knie --
Alle Zofen sagten da:
"Weint sie nicht, so stirbt auch sie."

     Priesen dann sein Thun vereint,
Nannten ihn der Liebe werth,
Treusten Freund und edlen Feind --
Starr doch blieb sie abgekehrt.

     Schlich ein Mädchen sacht zum Ort,
Wo der todte Krieger lag,
Hob das Tuch vom Antlitz fort --
Sie doch weinte nicht, noch sprach.

     Setzt' ein Zöfchen da sein Kind
Auf den Schoß ihr mildiglich --
Wie Regen kamen Thränen lind:
"Leben will ich, Kind, für dich!"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Strodtmann (1829 - 1879), no title, appears in Lieder- und Balladenbuch amerikanischer und englischer Dichter der Gegenwart, in Lieder aus "Die Prinzessin", no. 6, first published 1862 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • a text in English by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Princess, first published 1850
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Todt sie ihren Krieger sah", op. 22 (Fünf Lieder aus "Die Prinzessin" von A. Tennyson für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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