Yea, cast me from heights of the mountains to deeps of the ocean (Strettell, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Yea, cast me from heights of the mountains to deeps of the ocean,
 Let the thunderbolt strike me, o'erwhelm me with fire or with snow!
 Since him whom Love's burden hath crushed, and whom Eros hath broken,
 Not even the swift-winged lightnings of Zeus can o'erthrow!

Authorship

Alma Strettell

Based on

text

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Five Part-songs from the Greek Anthology

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