XTC

I gave my heart unto my love
As we passed across the dark, mysterious forest rast1
The daylight faded and above
Ah! the sunset flam-ed down to gild the past.
Oh, my love! Oh, my life, dost thou remember?
My belov-ed? that dark December?
My heart with rapture o'erflow'd
My very inmost soul was waken'd,
We leaned against each other in the moon-light
Darkness came upon us, oh, lovely night.
We were lost then but ah! awaking!
Our hearts and souls were all aflame
As the forest deep unfolded us again.

by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) , "XTC", 1930

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

by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) , "XTC", 1930, first performed 2007 [voice and piano], completed from sketches by pianist and musicologist David Owen Norris

Date added to the website: 2009-02-25.

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