Gloriously wasteful, O my Lord, art thou!
Sunset faints after sunset into the night,
Splendorously dying from thy window-sill --forever.
... Gloriously wasteful
Set by M. Ryan Taylor (b. 1972), "Gloriously wasteful", 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul, no. 3 [Sung Text]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Text Authorship:
- by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), no title, appears in A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul, Entry for March Second, first published 1880
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]... in the perfect time, ... When we are in our ... natal home, ... What if thou make us able to make like thee -- To light with moons, to clothe with greenery, To hang gold sunsets o'er a rose and purple sea!
Text Authorship:
- by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), no title, appears in A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul, Entry for March 3, first published 1880
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Then one to his neighbor may call out, "Come!
Brother, come hither -- I would show you a thing;"
And lo, a vision of his imagining,
...
And each soul to each the closer cling!Text Authorship:
- by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), no title, appears in A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul, Entry for March 4, first published 1880
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)