by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923)
The Gifts of the Gods
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
Once with life and love enarmoured We besought the gods above; "Send us love and life!" we clamoured, And they sent us life and love. Soon they over-filled the measure; Soon we prayed them, "Grant us calm!" But they answered, "Pain is pleasure! "Crush from bitter herbs the balm! "Forms of beauty ye may fashion "From the anguish of the heart; "Only by the cross of passion "Can ye win the crown of Art."
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Researcher for this page: Jean-Pierre Granger
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923), "The Gifts of the Gods", appears in Poems, first published 1896 [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 Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), "The Gifts of the Gods" [voice and piano], from Two songs, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , title 1: "Les cadeaux des dieux", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jean-Pierre Granger
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-19
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Word count: 76