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Silent Noon. by Ralph Vaughan Williams From The House of Life (1903) If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information. Text. Silent Noon. English source: Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, - The finger-points look through like rosy blooms: Your eyes smile peace.
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Nov 19, 2021 · The music of Ralph Vaughan Williams returns frequently to the serene, pastoral majesty of “England’s green and pleasant land.” We hear these shimmering, sensuous allusions in Vaughan Williams’ 1903 song, Silent Noon.
Vaughan Williams's songs, 'Silent noon' was originally composed, published, and performed as an independent work before being quickly incorporated into the song cycle The house of life (1904), a setting of six sonnets ? 'Silent noon' is no.2 in the cycle ? by the Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82).2 What follows is ...
Your hands lie open in the long fresh... Language: English. Available translation (s): CAT FRE GER SPA. Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, - The finger-points look through like rosy blooms: Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms 'Neath billowing [clouds] 1 that scatter and amass.