Ballad Of Oriana (Lyrics Lord Tennyson 1830, Music Ian Inkster 2017 Poem by Dr Ian Inkster
Ballad Of Oriana (Lyrics Lord Tennyson 1830, Music Ian Inkster 2017
She stood upon the castle wall, Oriana:
She watch'd my crest among them all, Oriana:
She saw me fight, she heard me call,
When forth there stept a foeman tall, Oriana,
Atween me and the castle wall, Oriana.
The bitter arrow went aside, Oriana:
The false, false arrow went aside, Oriana:
The damned arrow glanced aside,
And pierced thy heart, my love, my bride, Oriana!
Thy heart, my life, my love, my bride,Oriana!
Oh! narrow, narrow was the space, Oriana.
Loud, loud rung out the bugle's brays, Oriana.
Oh! deathful stabs were dealt apace,
The battle deepen'd in its place, Oriana;
But I was down upon my face, Oriana.
They should have stabb'd me where I lay, Oriana!
How could I rise and come away, Oriana?
How could I look upon the day?
They should have stabb'd me where I lay, Oriana
They should have trod me into clay,Oriana.
O breaking heart that will not break, Oriana!
This verse by Alfred Lord Tennyson was first published in 1830, not in 1833 as at times suggested. It is a fine ballad, supposedly alluding to the old ballad of Helen of Kirkconnel. Certainly, both poems being based on a similar incident, and both representing the emotional failures and lamentsof the bereaved lover. But they are very different as poetry, and Tennyson's treatment of the subject is very much his own.
I very nearly gave this a balladic treatment but it lends itself far too much to a rock treat, ent, soI hit that A9 chord! ! This is a fragment of the larger original.
Dr Ian Inkster 2017.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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