Love on my heart from heaven fell

Love on my heart from heaven fell,
Soft as the dew on flow'rs of Spring,
Sweet as the hidden drops that swell
Their honey-throated chalicing.

Now never from him do I part,
Hosana evermore I cry,
I taste his savour in my heart,
And bid all praise him as do I.

Without him noughtsoever is,
Nor was... afore, nor e'er shall be:
Nor any other joy than his
Wish I, wish I for mine to comfort me.

by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) , no title, from The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, published 1890

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

by (Francis) Clive Saville Carey (1883-1968) , "Love on my heart from heaven fell", published <<1957. [voice and piano]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Love on my heart from heaven fell", 1935 [women's chorus a cappella], from Five Part-Songs for Women's Choir, Set I, no. ?
by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "Love on my heart from heaven fell", op. 44 no. 6, H. 162 no. 6, published 1926, 1974 [soprano, SSA chorus, and strings], from Seven Partsongs, no. 6.
by Mark Raphael , "Love on my heart from heaven fell", published 1936. [medium voice and piano]

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