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by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)

My spirit kisseth thine
Language: English 
My spirit kisseth thine, 
My spirit embraceth thee : 
I feel thy being twine 
Her graces over me, 

In the life-kindling fold 
Of God's breath ; where on high, 
In furthest space untold 
Like a lost world I lie : 

And o'er my dreaming plains 
Lightens, most pale and fair, 
A moon that never wanes ; 
Or more, if I compare, 

Like what the shepherd sees 
On late mid-winter dawns, 
When thro' the branched trees, 
O'er the white-frosted lawns, 

The huge unclouded sun, 
Surprising the world whist, 
Is all uprisen thereon, 
Golden with melting mist.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890 [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "My spirit kisseth thine", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 91

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