My eyes for beauty pine (Bridges, set by H. Howells) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


My eyes for beauty pine, 
My soul for Goddes grace : 
No other care nor hope is mine, 
To heaven I turn my face. 

One splendour thence is shed 
From all the stars above : 
'Tis named when God's name is said, 
'Tis Love, 'tis heavenly Love. 

And every gentle heart, 
That burns with true desire, 
Is lit from eyes that mirror part 
Of that celestial fire.

Authorship

Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930)

The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges

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

Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983)

Date added to the website: 2009-01-13.

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