A Choral Miscellany

Song Cycle by Henry Papale (b. 1937)

?. Day  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The sun [arises]1 in the East,
Cloth'd in robes of blood and gold;
Swords and spears and wrath increas'd
All around his bosom roll'd,
Crown'd with warlike fires and raging desires.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "День", copyright © 1981, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Papale: "also rises"; further changes may exist not noted.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 32