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© by Alan Louis Smith

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by A. Smith)
 Matches original text
Language: English 
Oh, to be a constellation together with you!
Of Jonathan-and-David,
Of David-and-Jonathan;
To be a joint incandescence in the blue-black arch of space,
To be a sparkling star chart for sailors in their surging ships,
To be a source of comfort and awe for wanderers in the desert,
To be a revelation for dancing shepherd-poets,
To be intermingled with you throughout the grand span of ancient time,
To be a band of blended, fragrant stars upon the prow of earth,
A standard carried before legions 
And revered as an absolute truth 
That teaches the world belonging-to-belonging.

Composition:

    Set to music by Alan Louis Smith , no title [ counter-tenor and piano ], from Five Psalms of Jonathan to David, no. 2, Glendower

Text Authorship:

  • by Alan Louis Smith , written 2008, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 96

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