by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
What the Man of Faith Said Matches base text
Language: English
The dew, the rain and moonlight All prove our Father's mind. The dew, the rain and moonlight Descend to bless mankind. Come, let us see that all men Have land to catch the rain, Have grass to snare the spheres of dew, And fields spread for the grain. Yea, we would give to each poor man Ripe wheat and poppies red, -- A peaceful place at evening With the stars just overhead: A net to snare the moonlight, A sod spread to the sun, A place of toil by daytime, Of dreams when toil is done.
Composition:
- Set to music by M. Ryan Taylor (b. 1972), "What the Man of Faith Said", 1999 [ voice and piano ], from The Moon Songs, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "A Net to Snare the Moonlight (What the Man of Faith said)", appears in General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems, first published 1913
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ein Netz, Mondlicht zu fangen (Was der Mensch des Glaubens sagte)", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-07-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 95