by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
I go to prove my soul!
Language: English
I go to prove my soul! I see my way as birds their trackless way. I shall arrive! what time, what circuit first, I ask not: but unless God send his hail Or blinding fireballs, sleet or stifling snow, In some time, his good time, I shall arrive: He guides me and the bird. In his good time!
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- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), no title, appears in Paracelsus, Part I, Scene 2, first published 1835, rev. 1863 [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "I go to prove my soul", 1922, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. Ethel Harraden , "I go to prove my soul", published c1884 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Krull , "I go to prove my soul", 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Three songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "I go to prove my soul", published 1945 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-27
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