I [look'd]1 into the midnight deep, And saw the steadfast stars, True sentinels that never sleep Beyond Earth's prison bars; I look'd in my beloved's eyes, And saw her radiant soul, Still steadfast in the [skies]2 Of love's remotest goal.
Three Songs
Song Cycle by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954)
1. In my beloved's eyes  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Chadwick: "looked", passim.
2 Chadwick: "heav'nly skies"
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2. The brink of night
Language: English
Upon the brink of night I stand . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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3. Thou art to me  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Thou art to me As are soft breezes to a summer sea; As stars unto the night; Or when the day is born, As sunrise to the morn; As peace unto the fading of the light. Thou art to me As one sweet flower upon a barren lea; As rest to toiling hands; As one clear spring amid the desert sands; As smiles to maidens' lips; As hope to friends that wait for absent ships; As happiness to youth; As purity to truth; As sweetest dreams to sleep; As balm to wounded hearts that weep. All, all that I would have thee be Thou art to me.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Macy (1842 - 1904), "Thou art to me", appears in Poems, first published 1905
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