by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
If that high world Matches original text
Language: English
If that high world -- which lies beyond Our own, surviving love endears; If there the cherished heart be fond, The eye the same -- except in tears -- How welcome those untrodden spheres! How sweet this very hour to die! To soar from earth and find all fears Lost in thy light -- eternity! It must be so -- 'tis not for self That we so tremble on the brink, And striving to o'erleap the gulph, Yet cling to Being's breaking link. Oh! in that future let us think To hold each heart the heart that shares; With them the immortal waters drink, And soul in soul grow deathless theirs!
Composition:
- Set to music by Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864), "If that high world", published 1815 [ voice and piano ], from A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "If that high world", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 3, first published 1815
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "Si dans ce monde céleste", appears in Mélodies hébraïques, no. 3
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 106