Sun of the sleepless (Byron)

Lady Charlotte Leveson-Gower (1788-1870) Sun of the sleepless Text: George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) from Hebrew Melodies Sun of the Sleepless! Melancholy star! Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far, That show’st the darkness thou canst not dispel, How like art thou to Joy remembered well! So gleams the past, the light of other days, Which shines but warms not with its powerless rays: A night-beam Sorrow watcheth to behold, Distinct, but distant – clear – but, oh, how cold! 아래 Mendelssohn과 Loewe는 "Sun of the sleepless" 독일어 버젼 text에 쓴 곡들이다. Schlafloser Augen Leuchte Music: Felix Mendelssohn Schlafloser Augen Leuchte, trüber Stern, Dess’ tränengleicher Schein, unendlich fern, Das Dunkel nicht erhellt, nur mehr es zeigt, O wie dir ganz des Glück’s Erinnerung gleicht! So leuchtet längst vergangner Tage Licht: Es scheint, doch wärmt sein matter Schimmer nicht, Dem wachen Gram erglänzt die Luftgestalt, Hell, aber fern, klar, aber ach, wie kalt! [Felix Mendelssohn] Schlafloser Augen Leuchte - Nathalie Stutzmann, MSop [Felix Mendelssohn] Schlafloser Augen Leuchte - Alexei Marynov, Tenor Die Sonne der Schlaflosen Music: Carl Loewe Schlafloser Augen Sonne, zitternd Licht, Das durch die Finsternis der Nächte bricht Und das erhellte Dunkel besser zeigt, Wie die Erinnerung der Freude gleicht. So scheint auch der vergangnen Tage Lust, Sie scheint, allein erwärmet nicht die Brust. Dem wachen Kummer strahlt sie wie ein Stern, Klar, – aber kalt; hell, aber ach! so fern! [Carl Loewe] Die Sonne der Schlaflosen op.13 no.6 - Iris Vermillion Byron's "Sun of the sleepless" contains images associated with light - sun, gream, moon, and star - which have metaphoric meanings: The sun of the sleepless is actually the moon. The speaker addresses the moon as melacholy with a tearfull beam that illuminates the darkness. This ia also a reference to the speaker's solitude and depression. This poem was written on Sept 8, 1814 after Charlotte Leveson-Gower refused Byron's proposed courtship, citing that she hardly knew him and her family has other marriage plans for her. Actually about 3 months later she married Henry Charles Howard, an english noble family member.