by Henry Williams Baker, Sir (1821 - 1877)
The King of love my shepherd is
Language: English
The King of love my shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never. I nothing lack if I am His, And He is mine forever. Where streams of living [water]1 flow, My ransomed soul He leadeth; And where the verdant pastures grow, With food celestial feedeth. Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed, But yet in love He sought me; And on His shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me. In death's dark vale I fear no ill, With Thee, dear Lord, beside me; Thy rod and staff my comfort still, Thy cross before to guide me. Thou spreadst a table in my sight; Thy unction grace bestoweth; And oh, what transport of delight From Thy pure chalice floweth! And so through all the length of days, Thy goodness faileth never; Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise [Within Thy house]2 forever.
C. Gounod sets stanzas 1-4, 6
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Gounod: "waters"
2 Gounod: "For ever and"
Authorship:
- by Henry Williams Baker, Sir (1821 - 1877), "The King of Love my Shepherd is", written 1868 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Archibald Davidson Arnott (1870 - 1910), "The King of Love my Shepherd is" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "The King of Love my Shepherd is", CG. 451 (1884?), published 1884, stanzas 1-4,6 [ medium voice and piano ], London, Phillips & Page [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "The King of Love", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915) ; composed by Charles Gounod.
Researcher for this page: Brian Charles Witkowski
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 140