by Paracelsus (1493 - 1541)
If I fall into a vast, o'erwhelming sea...
Language: English
If I fall into a vast, o'erwhelming sea of clouds, And dark is my day, I hold the lamp of love close, close unto my breast, Its splendor illumines the dark, The clouds dissolve, and I stand forth supremely blest.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paracelsus (1493 - 1541) [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 Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856 - 1938), "Lamp of love", alternate title: "The lamp of love", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], New York : G. Schirmer
Score: Sibley Music Library [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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