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

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Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904)

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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 ⊗

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