Allegro (Twitchell, set by C. Ives) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 By morning's brightest beams,
 my heart lightest seems,
 For in my waking thoughts gay hopes do shine;
 Before me lies the day,
 and ere it dies away,
 Who knows what may be mine!
 So straight I leave my night's abode
 to fare upon the day's long road
 and think with rapture ere sun's decline
 What may be mine!

 By evening's pale gleam,
 still the fancies teem,
 And on my resting,
 new hopes I see;
 Before me lies the night,
 and ere the morning light,
 These hopes may come to me!
 So straight I leave my day's abode
 to fare upon the night's long road
 again with rapture greet I the sunshine
 And what may be mine!

Authorship

Harmony Twitchell (Mrs. Charles Ives) (1876-1979)

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

Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

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