Beam from yonder star (Foster, set by F. Bullard) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Beam from yonder star,
Through the silent spaces
Falling from afar,
Touching earth's pale faces,
Wrap with silver light
Her, who softly sleeping
Lies beneath thy sight,
I her vigil keeping.
Gently, gently rest
On her eyelids tender.
Touch her brow and breast
With thy magic splendor
Blissful, favor'd beam,
Round her sweet lips hover.
Only bid them dream
Of her absent lover.

Authorship

William Prescott Foster (1856-?)

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

Frederic Field Bullard (1864-1904)

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