by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934)
XTC
Language: English
I gave my heart unto my love As we passed across the dark, mysterious forest rast The daylight faded and above Ah! the sunset flam-ed down to gild the past. Oh, my love! Oh, my life, dost thou remember? My belov-ed? that dark December? My heart with rapture o'erflow'd My very inmost soul was waken'd, We leaned against each other in the moon-light Darkness came upon us, oh, lovely night. We were lost then but ah! awaking! Our hearts and souls were all aflame As the forest deep unfolded us again.
Note for line 2: "rast" is a word coined by Elgar, possibly meaning "a clearing".
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "XTC", written 1930
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "XTC", 1930, first performed 2007 [ voice and piano ], completed from sketches by pianist and musicologist David Owen Norris [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-25
Line count: 13
Word count: 91