by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and...
Language: English
Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so Who art not missed by any that entreat. Speak to mo as to Mary at thy feet ! And if no precious gums my hands bestow, Let my tears drop like amber while I go In reach of thy divinest voice complete In humanest affection -- thus, in sooth, To lose the sense of losing. As a child, Whose song-bird seeks the wood for evermore Is sung to in its stead by mother's mouth Till, sinking on her breast, love-reconciled, He sleeps the faster that he wept before.
H. Broun sets lines 1-5
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Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), "Comfort", appears in Poems, Volume I, first published 1844 [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 Harry Broun , "Comfort", lines 1-5 [ satb chorus a cappella ], hymn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "Comfort", op. 42 no. 4, published 1900 [ alto and orchestra or piano ], from The Soul's Expression, no. 4, London: Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by D. Rhys Ford , "Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet ", published 1937 [ satb chorus and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 113