<P> W.S. Gilbert, perhaps attracted by Tennyson's serio - comic treatment of the subject of women's education, adapted and parodied the poem twice . First, in 1870, he produced a musical farce called The Princess . Later, in 1884, he adapted his farce into a comic opera with composer Arthur Sullivan entitled Princess Ida, which is still performed regularly today . </P> <P> Other musical works inspired by the poem include a setting of "As through the land" composed by the poet Edward Lear in his lesser - known capacity as a composer . Both Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frank Bridge composed settings for the "Tears, idle tears" section of The Princess . Gustav Holst set "Home they brought her warrior dead ." In addition, Holst wrote a set of five songs for female voices based on Tennyson's work including Sweet and Low, The Splendor Falls, Tears, Idle Tears, O Swallow, Swallow and Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal while he was teaching at a girls' school in South London . Among later musical works inspired by The Princess are Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, which includes a setting of "The splendour falls", and a setting of "Ask me no more" by Ned Rorem . There is also a fine recent choral setting of Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Now the White by the Welsh composer, Paul Mealor . </P> <P> John Melhuish Strudwick's painting Oh Swallow, Swallow is based on this poem . </P>

Summary of the princess a medley by tennyson