Texts by E. Arnold set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Lotus and Jewel
• Poems
• Poems Narrative and Lyrical
• The Bhagavad-Gita; Or, song celestial
• The Book of Love: Being The "Ishk" or Third Chapter of The "Bostcan" of the Persian Poet Sa'di: Embodied in a Dialogue Held in the Garden of The Taj Mahal, at Agra
• The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana), being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)
• The Secret of Death with some collected poems
• The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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• After Death in Arabia (He who died at Azan sends) (from Poems) - J. Rogers
• Alá yá! send the Cup round! O Sáki! brim and send; (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock (Ghazal I)
• Alá yá! send the cup round (Alá yá! send the Cup round! O Sáki! brim and send;) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock
• A Lover's Wish (Look'st thou, my Star! on the Stars? Ah me!) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) ITA RUS FRE
• Arjuna (Yea! I have seen! I see!) (from The Bhagavad-Gita; Or, song celestial) - P. Creston
• A song of farewell (What should I say at hour of parting hateful ?) (from Lotus and Jewel - In an Indian Temple) - F. Allitsen
• As the glory of the sun (from Poems Narrative and Lyrical) - E. Nevin (The Rhine and the Moselle)
• Call on Rama ! call to Rama ! (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - P. Whitehead (Hindoo Funeral Song)
• Call to Rama (Call on Rama ! call to Rama !) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - P. Whitehead
• Come forth, oh, Snake! come forth, oh, glittering Snake! (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - P. Whitehead (Song of the Serpent-Charmers)
• Destiny (Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours) (from Poems Narrative and Lyrical) - H. Bath, A. Bergh, M. Pilzer, B. Treharne
• Eyes softly bold!/ Bodice bound with gold (from The Book of Love: Being The "Ishk" or Third Chapter of The "Bostcan" of the Persian Poet Sa'di: Embodied in a Dialogue Held in the Garden of The Taj Mahal, at Agra)
• Eyes softly bold! (from The Book of Love: Being The "Ishk" or Third Chapter of The "Bostcan" of the Persian Poet Sa'di: Embodied in a Dialogue Held in the Garden of The Taj Mahal, at Agra) - F. Cowen
• Fair goes the dancing when the sitar's tuned - J. Taffs
• Fair goes the dancing when the sitar's tuned (from The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana), being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)) - M. Bauer
• Fair goes the dancing (Fair goes the dancing when the sitar's tuned) - J. Taffs
• For this great Reign, now rounded - E. Faning (The Queen Bee's Song)
• Fulfilment () - S. Liddle [x]
• Gallant and gay, in their doublets of grey (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems) - H. Hadley (My Guests)
• Ghazal I (Alá yá! send the Cup round! O Sáki! brim and send;) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz)
• Ghazal II (Oh, glory of full-mooned fairness! and lustre of lighted grace!) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz)
• Ghazal III (Sáki! dye the cup's rim deeper with the crimson of the wine;) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz)
• Ghazal IV (Sufî, hither gaze! for brightly shines the Mirror of the Cup;) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz)
• Hesperus brings all things back (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) FRE GER GER ITA - C. Macirone
• Hesperus (Hesperus brings all things back) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - C. Macirone FRE GER GER ITA
• He who died at Azan sends (from Poems) - J. Rogers (After Death in Arabia)
• Hindoo Funeral Song (Call on Rama ! call to Rama !) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems)
• Look'st thou, my Star! on the Stars? Ah me! (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) ITA RUS FRE - C. Salaman (A Lover's Wish)
• My Guests (Gallant and gay, in their doublets of grey) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems)
• My star (Look'st thou, my Star! on the Stars? Ah me!) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - C. Salaman ITA RUS FRE
• O face of the tulip, and bosom of the jasmine (from Lotus and Jewel - Other Poems) (Zanouba's Song) - F. Cowen
• O face of the tulip! and bosom (from Lotus and Jewel - Other Poems) - F. Cowen (Zanouba's Song)
• Oh, glory of full-mooned fairness! and lustre of lighted grace! (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock (Ghazal II)
• Oh! glory of full-mooned fairness (Oh, glory of full-mooned fairness! and lustre of lighted grace!) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock
• Orientale (Fair goes the dancing when the sitar's tuned) (from The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana), being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)) - M. Bauer
• Peace beginning to be (from The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana), being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist) - At Bethlehem) - B. Eryl
• Peace (Peace beginning to be) (from The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana), being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist) - At Bethlehem) - B. Eryl
• Sáki! dye the cup's rim deeper with the crimson of the wine; (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock (Ghazal III)
• Sáki! dye the cup's rim deeper (Sáki! dye the cup's rim deeper with the crimson of the wine;) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock
• Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours (from Poems Narrative and Lyrical) - H. Bath, A. Bergh, M. Pilzer, B. Treharne (Destiny)
• Song of the Flour-Mill (Turn the merry mill-stone, Gunga!) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - P. Whitehead
• Song of the Serpent-Charmers (Come forth, oh, Snake! come forth, oh, glittering Snake!) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - P. Whitehead
• Song (Tell me the summer stars) (from Poems Narrative and Lyrical)
• Sufî, hither gaze! for brightly shines the Mirror of the Cup; (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock (Ghazal IV)
• Súfi, hither gaze (Sufî, hither gaze! for brightly shines the Mirror of the Cup;) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems - The Four First Ghazals of Hafiz) - G. Bantock
• Tell me the summer stars (from Poems Narrative and Lyrical) - E. Philp, F. Westlake (Song)
• Tell me, the summer stars (Tell me the summer stars) (from Poems Narrative and Lyrical) - E. Philp, F. Westlake
• The Nautch Girl's Song (Eyes softly bold!) (from The Book of Love: Being The "Ishk" or Third Chapter of The "Bostcan" of the Persian Poet Sa'di: Embodied in a Dialogue Held in the Garden of The Taj Mahal, at Agra) - F. Cowen
• The new Moon's silver sickle, and the Night's starfields I saw (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems) - G. Bantock (Why the Poet is of good Cheer (From Ghazal 477 of Hafiz))
• The new moon's silver sickle (The new Moon's silver sickle, and the Night's starfields I saw) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems) - G. Bantock
• The new moon's silver sickle (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems) (Why the Poet is of good Cheer (From Ghazal 477 of Hafiz)) - G. Bantock
• The Queen Bee's Song (For this great Reign, now rounded) - E. Faning
• The Rhine and the Moselle (As the glory of the sun) (from Poems Narrative and Lyrical) - E. Nevin
• The secret of love () - F. Corbett [x]
• The swallows (Gallant and gay, in their doublets of grey) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems) - H. Hadley
• Think on me, Dear ! you said, at parting (from Lotus and Jewel - In an Indian Temple) - F. Allitsen
• Think on me, Dear (Think on me, Dear ! you said, at parting) (from Lotus and Jewel - In an Indian Temple) - F. Allitsen
• Turn the merry mill-stone, Gunga! (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - P. Whitehead (Song of the Flour-Mill)
• What should I say at hour of parting hateful ? (from Lotus and Jewel - In an Indian Temple) - F. Allitsen
• Why the Poet is of good Cheer (From Ghazal 477 of Hafiz) (The new Moon's silver sickle, and the Night's starfields I saw) (from The Tenth Muse, and Other Poems)
• Yea! I have seen! I see! (from The Bhagavad-Gita; Or, song celestial) - P. Creston
• Zanouba's Song (O face of the tulip! and bosom) (from Lotus and Jewel - Other Poems) - F. Cowen

Last update: 2023-05-10 14:43:23