Myriad voicèd Queen! (Bridges, set by C. Parry) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Chorus
 Myriad voicèd Queen! Enchantress of the air!
 Bride of the life of man!
 For thee with tuneful reed, with string and horn,
 And high-adoring choir, a welcome we prepare!
 In silver-speaking mirrors of desire -
 In joyous ravishment of mystery,
 With heavenly echo of thoughts that dreaming lie,
 Chained in unborn oblivion drear;
 Thy many-hearted grace restore
 Unto our isle, our own to be!
 And make again our Graces three.

Authorship

Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930)

Invocation to Music

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

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

Invocation to music - An Ode in Honour of Henry Purcell

Date added to the website: 2009-07-30.

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