by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
To music: a fragment
Language: English
Silver key of the fountain of tears, Where the Spirit drinks till the brain is wild; Softest grave of a thousand fears, Where their Mother, Care, like a [drowsy]1 child, Is laid asleep in flowers . . .
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1 Bacon: "drowning"
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
1 Bacon: "drowning"
Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), written 1817, first published 1839 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "To music: a fragment" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2013-04-20
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Word count: 38