Orpheus and Eurydice

But give them me, the mouth, the eyes, the brow!
Let them once more absorb me! One look now
Will lap me round forever, not to pass
Out of its light, though darkness lie beyond :
Hold me but safe again within the bond
Of one immortal look! All woe that was,
Forgotten, and all terror that may be,
Defied,--no past is mine, no future : look at me!

by Robert Browning (1812-1889) , "Orpheus and Eurydice"

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

by Johan Franco (1908-1988) , "Orpheus and Eurydice", 1938. [soprano and piano]
by Henry Mollicone (1946-) , "Eurydice to Orpheus", first performed 196-? [soprano and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-02-27.

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