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A Child Asleep

释义

Lyrics
Recordings
References

"A Child Asleep" is a song, with lyrics from a poem written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in December 1909 and published in 1910 by Novello.^[1] It was first published by Browning in 1840.^[2]

It is dedicated to Anthony Goetz, the son of Ludovic Goetz and Muriel Foster, a favourite singer and personal friend of Elgar.^[1]

Lyrics

How he sleepeth!

Vision unto vision calleth,

While the young child dreameth on.

Fair, O dreamer, thee befalleth

With the glory thou hast won!

Darker wert thou in the garden, yestermorn, by summer sun.

We should see the spirits ringing

Round thee, - were the clouds away.

'Tis the child-heart draws them, singing

In the silent-seeming clay -

Singing! - Stars that seem the mutest, go in music, music all the day.

Softly! softly, make no noises!

Now he lieth still and dumb -

Now he hears the angels' voices

Folding silence in the room -

Now he muses deep the meaning of the Heaven-words as they come.

Floweth outward with increase -

Dare not bless him! but be blessèd by his peace - and go in peace.

Recordings

[https://www.amazon.com/Elgar-Edward/dp/B00002610Y The Unknown Elgar] includes "A Child Asleep" performed by Teresa Cahill (soprano), with Barry Collett (piano).
The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Catherine Wyn-Rogers (soprano) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

References

1. ^¹{{cite book |last=Kennedy |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Kennedy (music critic) |date=1987 |title= Portrait of Elgar |edition=Third |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=350 |isbn=0-19-284017-7}}
2. ^{{cite book |last1=Browning |first1=Elizabeth Barrett |last2=Preston |first2=Harriet Waters |date=1900 |title=The Complete Poetical Works of Mrs. Browning |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBMZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |pages=155–156}}

Percy Young, Elgar O.M.

4 : Songs by Edward Elgar|Poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning|1840 poems|1909 songs

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