Go not, happy day (Tennyson, set by F. Bridge, F. Delius, F. Liszt, A. Somervell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Go not, happy day,
 From the shining fields,
 Go not, happy day,
 Till the maiden yields.
 Rosy is the West,
 Rosy is the South,
 Roses are her cheeks,
 And a rose her mouth.

 When the happy Yes
 Falters from her lips,
 Pass and blush the news
 Over glowing ships;
 Over blowing seas,
 Over seas at rest,
 Pass the happy news,
 Blush it thro' the West;

[ Till the red man dance
 By his red cedar-tree,
 And the red man's babe
 Leap, beyond the sea.]¹

 Blush from West to East,
 Blush from East to West,
 Till the West is East,
 Blush it thro' the West.
 Rosy is the West,
 Rosy is the South,
 Roses are her cheeks,
 And a rose her mouth.

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¹ not set by Bridge.

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Authorship

Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

Maud

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Maud

Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886)

German

Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937)

Maud

Set in German, a translation of L. Kirschbaum GER

Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886)

English

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