by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Great God of Love
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Great God of love, some pity show, on Amarillis bend thy bow. Do thou, we pray, her soul inspire, and make her feel the self-same fire, that wastes her lover's heart away.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856), "Great God of Love", 1839 [ SSAATTBB chorus ], madrigal; part-song 295 of Novello's part-song book, volume X, pages 77 - 81. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Austin Sykes (1909 - 1962), "Great God of Love" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ach Liebesgott", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 32