by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
He hears with gladdened heart the...
Language: English
He hears with gladdened heart the thunder Peal, and loves the falling dew; He knows the earth above and under -- Sits and is content to view. He sits beside the dying ember, God for hope and man for friend, Content to see, glad to remember, Expectant of the certain end.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 23, 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 (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "He hears with gladdened heart the thunder", 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Twenty-one songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-27
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Word count: 50