by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918)
Was I not thine when Allah spoke the...
Language: English
Was I not thine when Allah spoke the word Which formed from [smoke]1 the sky? Were not our twin hearts one when heaven heard The first faint stars reply? Canst thou then doubt that while the ages roll Our being one shall be? As flame and light are one, so is my soul One, O my love, with thee! The ebbing star-floods of the Judgment Day Shall leave my heart still thine; And Paradise itself shall fade away Ere I thy love resign!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Arlo Bates, Told in the Gate, Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1892, page 146.
1 Chadwick: "earth"Authorship:
- by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918), no title, appears in Told in the Gate, first published 1892 [author's text checked 1 time 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 George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Was I not thine", from Lyrics from "Told in the Gate", no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Arms Fisher (1861 - 1948), "When Allah spoke", op. 14 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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