Parting (Russell, set by A. Bax, F. Hart) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


As from our dream we died away
Far off I felt the outer things;
Your wind-blown tresses round me play,
Your bosom's gentle murmurings.

And far away our faces met
As on the verge of the vast spheres;
And in the night our cheeks were wet,
I could not say with dew or tears.

As one within the Mother's heart
In that hushed dream upon the height
We lived, and then we rose to part,
Because her ways are infinite.

Authorship

George William Russell (1867-1935)

Homeward: Songs by the Way

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

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (1883-1953)

Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949)

Seven Sets of Seven Songs, Set I

Date added to the website: 2007-05-18.

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