by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Love went a‑riding Matches original text
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Love went a-riding over the earth, On Pegasus he rode . . . The flowers before him sprang to birth, And the frozen rivers flowed. Then all the youths and the maidens cried, "Stay here with us, King of Kings!" But Love said, "No! for the horse I ride, For the horse I ride has wings."
Later titled "In spring" (?)
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
Composition:
- Set to music by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Love went a-riding", 1914, published 1916 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Two Songs [1914/1916], no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, no. 111, first published 1907
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Spazieren ritt die Liebe", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 56