Who can dwell with greatness?
Music: Walter Parratt (1841–1924) · Words: Austin Dobson
Who can dwell with greatness,
with greatness!
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The words
Who can dwell with greatness,
with greatness!
Greatness is too high, too high;
Flowers are for the meadow, Suns are for the
sky; Ah! but there is greatness in this land of
ours, High as the sunlight, high as the
sunlight, Humble as the flowers,
humble as the flowers! Queen, of thee the
fable,
of thee the fable! Lady thine the fate,
the fate! Royal, and yet lowly,
Lowly and yet great; Great in far dominion
Great in pomp of years, Great in far dominion,
Great in pomp of years, Greater still as woman,
greater still as woman, Greatest in thy
tears, greatest in thy tears, greatest in thy
tears!
Who can dwell with greatness,
with greatness!
Greatness is too high, too high;
Flowers are for the meadow, Suns are for the
sky;
Ah! but there is greatness in this land of
ours, High as the sunlight, high as the
sunlight,
Humble as the flowers, humble as the flowers
Queen, of thee the fable,
of thee the fable! Lady thine the fate,
the fate! Royal, and yet lowly,
Lowly and yet great; Great in far dominion,
Great in pomp of years,
Great in far dominion Great in pomp of years,
greater still as woman, as woman,
Greatest in thy tears, greatest in thy tears,
greatest in thy tears!
Who can dwell with greatness, with greatness,
greatness! Greatness is too high,
too high; Flowers are for the meadow,
Suns, Suns are for the sky, for the sky;
Ah! but there is greatness in this land of
ours, High as the sunlight, high as the
sunlight, Humble as the flowers,
humble as the flowers! Queen, of thee the
fable, of thee the fable! Lady thine the
fate, the fate! Royal, and yet lowly,
Lowly and yet great; Great in far dominion,
Great in pomp of years, Great in far dominion,
Great in pomp of years, Greater still as woman,
as woman,
Greatest in thy tears,
greatest in thy tears, thy tears!
Who can dwell with greatness, with greatness,
greatness! Greatness is too high,
too high;
Flowers are for the meadow, Suns are for the
sky, for the sky; Ah! but there is greatness in
this land of ours, High as the sunlight,
high as the sunlight,
Humble as the flowers,
humble as the flowers. Queen, of thee the
fable, of thee the fable! Lady thine the
fate, the fate!
Royal, and yet lowly, Lowly and yet great;
Great in far dominion, Great in pomp of years,
Great in far dominion, Great in pomp of years
Greater still as woman, Greater still as
woman,
Greatest in thy tears,
greatest in thy tears, thy tears!
Who can dwell with greatness,
with greatness! Greatness is too high,
too high;
Flowers are for the meadow, Suns are for the
sky, for the sky; Ah! but there is greatness in
this land of ours, High as the sunlight,
high as the sunlight, Humble as the flowers,
humble as the flowers! Queen, of thee the
fable,
the fable! Lady thine the fate,
the fate!
Royal, and yet lowly, Lowly and yet great;
Great in far dominion, Great in pomp of years,
in pomp of years, Greater stillas woman,
Greater stillas woman, Greatest in thy
tears, greatest in thy tears, in thy tears!
About this song
- Music
- Walter Parratt (1841–1924) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Austin Dobson
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1899, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 1:22
- Parts
- Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
- Its source files it as
- Choral Songs in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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