Texts by J. Symonds set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893)

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A Christmas Lullaby (Sleep, baby, sleep! the Mother sings) - J. Raynor, H. Willan
A dialogue with Love (Nay, prithee tell me, Love, when I behold) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER GER LIT RUS
Adventante Deo (Lift up your heads, gates of my heart, unfold) (from Animi Figura - Versöhnung) - K. Leighton
After the death of Vittoria Colonna: Irreparable loss (When my rude hammer to the stubborn stone) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS
A heart of flaming sulphur, flesh of tow (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER - J. Mitchell
A heart of flaming sulphur (A heart of flaming sulphur, flesh of tow) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) - J. Mitchell GER
A hymn of the future (Sad heart, what will the future bring) (from New and Old) - R. Sanders
All that began with God, in God must end (from Animi Figura - Versöhnung) - G. Bachlund, A. Cruft (The prism of life)
All that began with God (All that began with God, in God must end) (from Animi Figura - Versöhnung) - A. Cruft
A Lullaby for Christmas (Sleep, baby, sleep! the Mother sings) - N. Lockwood
An invocation (To God, the everlasting, who abides) (from Many Moods) - B. Koutzen [x]
A Prayer to Nature: Amor Redivivus (That thy great beauty on our earth may be) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER GER
As a star from the sea new risen (from New and Old) - N. Dello Joio (Eyebright) [x]
As pen and ink alike serve him who sings FRE GER LIT SPA (Love and art) -
A spring ditty (In the spring, ah happy day!) (from Wine, Women, and Song: Students' Songs of the Middle Ages) - C. Scott GER
At Malvern (The winds behind me in the thicket sigh) (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art) - I. Venables
A vista (Sad heart, what will the future bring) (from New and Old)
Before my lady's window gay (Before my lady's window gay) - M. Lang
Before my lady's window gay - M. Lang
Beneath the branch of the green may with joy
Beneath the branch of the green May - M. Lang
Blest spirit who with loving tenderness (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CZE GER - J. Mitchell
Blest spirit (Blest spirit who with loving tenderness) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) - J. Mitchell CZE GER
Choice soul, in which, as in a glass we see (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) FRE LIT SPA - J. Mitchell
Choice soul (Choice soul, in which, as in a glass we see) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) - J. Mitchell FRE LIT SPA
Christmas Lullaby (Sleep, baby, sleep! the Mother sings) - M. Lang
Cold blows the winter wind: 't is Love - S. Barber (Love at the door) ⊗
Come forth; for Night is falling - I. Venables
Desire (O Love, my love and perfect bliss!) - M. Lang
Epilogue (Sad heart, what will the future bring) (from New and Old) - L. Woodgate
Eyebright (As a star from the sea new risen) (from New and Old) - N. Dello Joio [x]
Farewell (Thou goest; to what distant place) (from New and Old) - N. Dello Joio
Fortunate Isles (There are islands, there are islands) - I. Venables
From heaven his spirit came, and robed in clay (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS - J. Mitchell
From heaven his spirit came (From heaven his spirit came, and robed in clay) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) - J. Mitchell CAT FRE GER LIT RUS
Glittering-throned, undying Aphrodite FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS (Ode to Aphrodite) -
He fills the world with his singing (from New and Old) - M. Blower (The singer)
Here helms and swords are made of chalices (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE LIT RUS (On Rome in the Pontificate of Julius II) -
He who ordained, when first the world began (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER GER - J. Mitchell
He who ordained (He who ordained, when first the world began) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) - J. Mitchell GER GER
I cannot by the utmost flight of thought (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) (No Escape from Love) -
If love be chaste, if virtue conquer ill (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) FRE GER LIT SPA (Love's expostulation) -
I found at daybreak yestermorn - M. Lang
I know not if it be the fancied light (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER GER GER (Love's Loadstone) -
In the greenwood (Beneath the branch of the green May) - M. Lang
In the spring, ah happy day! (from Wine, Women, and Song: Students' Songs of the Middle Ages) GER - C. Scott (A spring ditty)
Lift up your heads, gates of my heart, unfold (from Animi Figura - Versöhnung) - K. Leighton (Adventante Deo)
Love and art (As pen and ink alike serve him who sings) FRE GER LIT SPA
Love at the door (Cold blows the winter wind: 't is Love) - S. Barber ⊗
Love, felt from afar, long sought, scarce found - I. Venables
Love in Dreams (The winds behind me in the thicket sigh) (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art)
Love's entreaty (Thou knowest, love, I know that thou dost know) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) FRE GER LIT SPA
Love's expostulation (If love be chaste, if virtue conquer ill) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) FRE GER LIT SPA
Love's Loadstone (I know not if it be the fancied light) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER GER GER
Love's voice (Love, felt from afar, long sought, scarce found) - I. Venables
My death must come; but when, I do not know (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS (Waiting for Death) -
My Lord! if ever ancient saw spake sooth CAT FRE GER LIT RUS (To Pope Julius II) -
My turtle dove (I found at daybreak yestermorn) - M. Lang
Nay, prithee tell me, Love, when I behold (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER GER LIT RUS (A dialogue with Love) -
No Escape from Love (I cannot by the utmost flight of thought) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English)
No tongue can tell of him what should be told (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS (On Dante Alighieri) -
Now who is he on earth that lives - M. Lang
Ode to Aphrodite (Glittering-throned, undying Aphrodite) FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS
Of all the mysteries wherethrough we move - I. Venables
O Love, my love and perfect bliss! - M. Lang
On Dante Alighieri (No tongue can tell of him what should be told) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS
On Rome in the Pontificate of Julius II (Here helms and swords are made of chalices) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE LIT RUS
On the Hillside (The winds behind me in the thicket sigh) (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art)
Sad heart, what will the future bring (from New and Old) - H. Cable, H. Clarke, I. Curtis, A. Davison, E. Gordon, C. Griffes, J. Henderson, J. Ireland, R. Sanders, M. Shaw, L. Woodgate (A vista)
Say, heart, what will the future bring (from New and Old) (A vista) - H. Cable, H. Clarke, I. Curtis, A. Davison, E. Gordon, C. Griffes, J. Henderson, J. Ireland, R. Sanders, M. Shaw, L. Woodgate
Sleep, baby, sleep! the Mother sings - M. Lang, N. Lockwood, J. Raynor, H. Willan (A Christmas Lullaby)
Sleep, that are named eternal! (from Sonnets of Three Centuries) - H. Willan (To the Genius of Eternal Slumber) [x]
That thy great beauty on our earth may be (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER GER (A Prayer to Nature: Amor Redivivus) -
The garland and the girdle (What joy hath yon glad wreath of flowers that is) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER GER LIT RUS
The grief of love (Now who is he on earth that lives) - M. Lang
The Invitation to the Gondola (Come forth; for Night is falling) - I. Venables
The passing stranger (Of all the mysteries wherethrough we move) - I. Venables
The prism of life (All that began with God, in God must end) (from Animi Figura - Versöhnung) - G. Bachlund
There are islands, there are islands - I. Venables
These things shall be! (Sad heart, what will the future bring) (from New and Old) - H. Cable, H. Clarke, I. Curtis, A. Davison, E. Gordon, C. Griffes, J. Henderson, J. Ireland, M. Shaw
The singer (He fills the world with his singing) (from New and Old) - M. Blower
The winds behind me in the thicket sigh (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art) (Love in Dreams) - I. Venables
The winds behind me in the thicket sigh (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art) (On the Hillside) - I. Venables
The winds behind me in the thicket sigh (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art) - I. Venables (To One in Heaven)
The winds behind me in the thicket sigh (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art) (Two Moods of the Mind) - I. Venables
This is the dust of Timas FRE FRE
Thou goest; to what distant place (from New and Old) - N. Dello Joio (Farewell)
Thou knowest, love, I know that thou dost know (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) FRE GER LIT SPA (Love's entreaty) -
To God, the everlasting, who abides (from Many Moods) - B. Koutzen (An invocation) [x]
To One in Heaven (The winds behind me in the thicket sigh) (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art)
To Pope Julius II (My Lord! if ever ancient saw spake sooth) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS
To the Genius of Eternal Slumber (Sleep, that are named eternal!) (from Sonnets of Three Centuries) - H. Willan [x]
To Tommaso de' Cavalieri: Love's lordship (Why should I seek to ease intense desire) FRE LIT SPA
To Tommaso de' Cavalieri: Love the light-giver (With your fair eyes a charming light I see) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) FRE GER GER LIT SPA SPA FRE POL
To Vittoria Colonna (When divine Art conceives a form or face) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER
Two Moods of the Mind (The winds behind me in the thicket sigh) (from New and Old - Lyrics of Life and Art)
Waiting for Death (My death must come; but when, I do not know) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS
What joy hath yon glad wreath of flowers that is (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER GER LIT RUS (The garland and the girdle) -
When divine Art conceives a form or face (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) GER - J. Mitchell (To Vittoria Colonna)
When divine Art (When divine Art conceives a form or face) (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) - J. Mitchell GER
When my rude hammer to the stubborn stone (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS (After the death of Vittoria Colonna: Irreparable loss) -
Why should I seek to ease intense desire FRE LIT SPA (To Tommaso de' Cavalieri: Love's lordship) -
With your fair eyes a charming light I see (from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English) FRE GER GER LIT SPA SPA FRE POL (To Tommaso de' Cavalieri: Love the light-giver) -

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