The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land (Bright, set by R. Vaughan Williams) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; 
you may almost hear the beating of his wings. 
There is no one as of old . . . 
to sprinkle with blood the lintel 
and the two side-posts of our doors, 
that he may spare and pass on.

Input by Ahmed E. Ismail

Authorship

John Bright (1811-1889)

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

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Text is used as part of a longer work

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Dona nobis pacem

full setting text

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