by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Beat upon mine, little heart, beat, beat
Language: English
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.
A. Nevin sets stanzas 2-3
J. McEwen sets stanzas 2-3
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), appears in Demeter and Other Poems, in "Romney's Response", first published 1889 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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 ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lilian Green , "Beat upon mine, little heart", published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Halsey , "Beat upon mine, little heart", published 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, Sir (1847 - 1935), "Beat upon mine, little heart", op. 79 no. 1, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs by Tennyson [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Blackwood McEwen (1868 - 1948), "Sleep, little blossom", published 1909, stanzas 2-3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Finley Nevin (1871 - 1943), "Sleep, little blossom", published <<1929, stanzas 2-3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Beat upon mine, little heart", op. 12 (Songs for soprano or tenor) no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "Cradle songs, no. 2", 1903 [ voice and piano ], note: Willan did not write any other numbered cradle songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 83