By the streams that ever flow

By the streams that ever flow, 
By the fragrant winds that blow 
O'er th' Elysian flow'rs, 
By those happy souls who dwell 
In yellow meads of Asphodel, 
Or Amaranthine bow'rs, 
By the hero's armed shades, 
Glitt'ring thro' the gloomy glades, 
By the youths that dy'd for love, 
Wand'ring in the myrtle grove,
Restore, restore Eurydice to life; 
Oh take the husband, or return the wife!
He sung, and hell consented 
To hear the Poet's pray'r; 
Stern Proserpine relented, 
And gave him back the fair. 
Thus song could prevail 
O'er death and o'er hell, 
A conquest how hard and how glorious? 
Tho' fate had fast bound her
With Styx nine times round her, 
Yet music and love were victorious.

by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , from Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, no. 5, published 1708

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 Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "By the streams that ever flow", 1889, lines 1-12 [chorus and orchestra], from Ode to St. Cecelia's Day, no. 6.
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "He sung, and hell consented", 1889, lines 13-22 [baritone and orchestra], from Ode to St. Cecelia's Day, no. 7.

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