There rolls the deep (Tennyson, set by C. Parry, G. Sampson, M. Shapcote) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


There rolls the deep where grew the tree.
O earth, what changes hast thou seen!
There, where the long street roars, hath been
The stillness of the central sea.

The hills are shadows, and they flow
From form to form, and nothing stands;
They melt like mist, the solid lands,
Like clouds they shape themselves and go.

But in my spirit will I dwell,
And dream my dream, and hold it true;
For though my lips may breathe adieu,
I cannot think the thing farewell.

Input by Virginia Knight

Authorship

Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII

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

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

Godfrey Sampson

Mrs. E. G. Shapcote

Eleven songs

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