by Arthur Macy (1842 - 1904)
Aureole
Language: English
Oh, love is like an aureole The masters used to paint, It shines about a lover's soul Like glories round a saint. It sometimes shines a month or so, It sometimes shines for years, It sometimes fades, heigh-o! heigh-o! And sometimes disappears.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Macy (1842 - 1904) [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 George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Aureole", published 1902 [voice and piano], from Six Songs, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 42