Let my voice ring out and over the earth (Thomson, set by F. Allitsen) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Let my voice ring out and over the earth,
  Through all the grief and strife,
With a golden joy in a silver mirth:
    Thank God for Life! 

Let my voice swell out through the great abyss
  To the azure dome above,
With a chord of faith in the harp of bliss:
    Thank God for Love! 

Let my voice thrill out beneath and above,
  The whole world through:
O my Love and Life, 0 my Life and Love,
    Thank God for you!

Authorship

James Thomson (1834-1882)

Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne

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

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Text is used as part of a longer work

(Mary) Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus (1848-1912)

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Date added to the website: 2009-10-22.

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