The Brook
Music: Ellen Dickson (1819–1878) · Words: Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809–1892)
With many a curve my banks I fret By many a
field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland
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The words
With many a curve my banks I fret By many a
field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland
set With willow, weed, and mallow:
I slip, I slide, I gleam, I glance,
Among my skimming swallows, I make the netted
sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows,
I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the
brimming river, For men may come and men may
go, But I go on for ever, ever,
I go on for ever, ever, I go on for ever.
I wind about, and in and out With here a
blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty
trout, And here and there a grayling,
And here and there a snowy flake Upon me as I
travel, With many a silvery waterbreak
Above the golden gravel, And draw them all
along, I flow To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go, But I go on for
ever, ever, I go on for ever, ever,
I go on for ever.
I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers; I move the sweet
forgetmenots, That grow for happy lovers.
I murmur under moon and stars In brambly
wildernesses I linger by my shingly bars I
loiter round my cresses. And out again I
curve and flow To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go, But I go on for
ever, ever, I go on for ever, ever,
I go on for ever.
About this song
- Music
- Ellen Dickson (1819–1878) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809–1892) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1857, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:17
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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- Not offered in
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