by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)
A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua
Language: English
St. Anthony of Padua whom I bear In effigy about me, hear my prayer: Kind Saint, who findest what is lost, I pray, Bring back her heart - I lost it yesterday.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua", appears in London Nights, in Céleste, no. 11, first published 1894 [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 Berthold Neuer , "A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua", 1925, published 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs of Arthur Symons, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 32