Unto us a son is given (Meynell, set by G. George, A. Taylor) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Given, not lent,
And not withdrawn -- once sent,
This Infant of mankind, this One,
Is still the little welcome Son.
 
New every year,
New born and newly dear,
He comes with tidings and a song,
The ages long, the ages long;
 
Even as the cold
Keen winter grows not old,
As childhood is so fresh, foreseen,
And spring in the familiar green -- 
 
Sudden as sweet
Come the expected feet.
All joy is young, and new all art,
And He, too, Whom we have by heart.

Authorship

Alice Christina Meynell, née Thompson (1847-1922)

Later Poems

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

Graham George (1912-)

Albert Taylor

Date added to the website: 2009-02-02.

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