by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Allah be with us
Language: English
Ah! when the dark on many a heart descends, Our joy more swiftly runs; Heart of my heart, our great love never ends, Though set ten thousand suns! Allah be with us when that last deep night Shall wrap us round about; And Love be with us, with her steadfast light, When Death our lamp blows out!
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Confirmed with The Quiet Singer and Other Poems by Charles Hanson Towne, B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 129.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in 86. A Lover in Damascus, no. 6, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908 [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 Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "Allah be with us", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from A lover in Damascus, no. 6, Boosey & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
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