She is the sky of the sun! She is the dart of love! She is the love of my heart! She is a rune! She is above the women of the race of Eve, as the sun is above the moon! Lovely and airy the view from the hill that looks down from Ballylea! But no good sight is good, until you see the blossom of branches walking towards you, airily.
Reincarnations
Song Cycle by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
1. Mary Hynes  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "Mary Hynes", appears in Reincarnations, first published 1918
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Antoine Ó Raifteirí (1784 - 1835) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Anthony O'Daly  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out the stars do not shine! The fish leap not out in the waves! On our meadows the dew does not fall in the morn, for O Daly is dead! Not a flow'r can be born! Not a word can be said! Not a tree have a leaf! On our meadows the dew does not fall in the morn, for O Daly is dead! Anthony! After you there is nothing to do! There is nothing but grief!
Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "Anthony O'Daly", appears in Reincarnations, first published 1918
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Antoine Ó Raifteirí (1784 - 1835) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. The coolin  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Come with me, under my coat, and we will drink our fill of the milk of the white goat, or wine if it be thy will. And we will talk, until talk is a trouble, too, out on the side of the hill; And nothing is left to do, but an eye to look into an eye, and a hand in a hand to slip; and a sigh to answer a sigh; And a lip to find out a lip! What if the night be black! And the air on the mountain chill! Where all but the fern is still! Stay with me, under my coat! and we will drink our fill of the milk of the white goat, out on the side of the hill!
Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "The coolun", appears in Reincarnations, first published 1918, rev. 1926
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Antoine Ó Raifteirí (1784 - 1835) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 280