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:Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art — | :Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art — | ||
:Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, | :Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, | ||
:And watching, with eternal lids apart, | :And watching, with eternal lids apart, | ||
:Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite, | :Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite, | ||
:The moving waters at their priestlike task | :The moving waters at their priestlike task | ||
:Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores, | :Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores, | ||
:Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask | :Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask | ||
:Of snow upon the mountains and the moors — | :Of snow upon the mountains and the moors — | ||
:No — yet still steadfast, still unchangeable, | :No — yet still steadfast, still unchangeable, | ||
:Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast, | :Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast, | ||
:To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, | :To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, | ||
:Awake for ever in a sweet unrest, | :Awake for ever in a sweet unrest, | ||
:Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, | :Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, | ||
:And so live ever — or else swoon to death. | :And so live ever — or else swoon to death. | ||
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CPDL #17820: Sibelius 4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2008-07-08). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 76 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 76 KB, MIDI: 12 KB, Sibelius 4: 46 KB.
General Information
Title: Bright Star
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: John Keats (1795-1821)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1896
Description: Number 6 of Charles Hubert Hastings Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 4
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Original text and translations
English text
- Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art —
- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,
- And watching, with eternal lids apart,
- Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite,
- The moving waters at their priestlike task
- Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,
- Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask
- Of snow upon the mountains and the moors —
- No — yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,
- Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast,
- To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
- Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
- Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
- And so live ever — or else swoon to death.
- Lyrics: John Keats (1795-1821) - The Poetical Works of John Keats - Published 1884.