Beat upon mine, little heart, beat, beat

Beat upon mine, little heart, beat, beat;
Beat upon mine! you are mine, my sweet;
All mine from your pretty blue eyes to your feet,
                                                 my sweet:
Sleep, little blossom, my honey, my bliss,
For I give you this, and I give you this,
And I blind your pretty blue eyes with a kiss,
                                               sleep!
Father and Mother will watch you grow,
And gather the roses where ever they blow,
And find the white heather where ever you go,
                                             my sweet, my sweet.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) , from Demeter and Other Poems, in "Romney's Response", published 1889

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

by Alfred Cellier (1844-1891) , "Cradle song", published 1890. [voice and piano]
by Lilian Green , "Beat upon mine, little heart", published 1908. [voice and piano]
by Ernest Halsey , "Beat upon mine, little heart", published 1911. [voice and piano]
by Sir Alexander Campbell MacKenzie (1847-1935) , "Beat upon mine, little heart", published 1913 [voice and piano], from Four Songs by Tennyson, no. ?
by John Blackwood McEwen (1868-1938) , "Sleep, little blossom", published 1909, stanzas 2-3. [voice and piano]
by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) , "Beat upon mine, little heart", op. 12 (Songs for soprano or tenor) no. 2, published 1891. [voice and piano]
by Arthur Finley Nevin (1871-1943) , "Sleep, little blossom", published <<1929, stanzas 2-3. [voice and piano]
by (James) Healey Willan (1880-1968) , "Cradle songs, no. 2", 1903 [voice and piano], note: Willan did not write any other numbered cradle songs

Date added to the website: 2009-01-10.

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