— There is Sweet Music Here —

2014

Commissioned for Eastshore Honor Choir, 2014
Andrew Jacobson, coordinating director, Bellevue High School;
Tom Cox, Mercer Island High School; Ross DeWit, Bellevue Christian School;
Nancy Fisher, Newport High School; Barbara Irish, Issaquah High School;
Haley Isaacs, Mount Si High School; Michael King, Interlake High School;
Ryan Lewis, Cedarcrest High School; Michael Scott, International School;
Carol Whitworth, Sammamish High School; Robin Wood, Liberty High School;
Nancy Ziebart, Skyline High School

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Choric Song I from The Lotos-eaters

There is sweet music here that softer falls
Than petals from blown roses on the grass,
Or night-dews on still waters between walls
Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes;
Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
Here are cool mosses deep,
And thro' the moss the ivies creep,
And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,
And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.

Choric Song III

Lo! in the middle of the wood,
The folded leaf is woo'd from out the bud
With winds upon the branch, and there
Grows green and broad, and takes no care,
Sun-steep'd at noon, and in the moon
Nightly dew-fed; and turning yellow
Falls, and floats adown the air.
Lo! sweeten'd with the summer light,
The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow,
Drops in a silent autumn night.
All its allotted length of days
The flower ripens in its place,
Ripens and fades, and falls, and hath no toil,
Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1850-1892) wiki