The lost star (Macleod, set by F. Hart, J. Hawes) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A star was loosed from heaven;
All saw it fall, in wonder,
Where universe clashed universe
With solar thunder.
The angels praised God's glory,
To send this beacon-flare
To show the terror of darkness
Beneath the Golden Stair.
But God was brooding only
Upon new births of light;
The star was a drop of water
On the lips of Eternal Light.

Authorship

Fiona Macleod (1885-1905) [pseudonym]

From the Hills of Dream

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

Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949)

Six Sets of Five Songs Each for Voice and Pianoforte, Set VI

Jack Hawes (1916-)

The Bells of Youth

Date added to the website: 2008-08-17.

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