by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Oh! Beautiful Star See original
Language: English
O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!
O moon with the brows of gold!
Rise up, rise up, from the odorous south!
And light for my love her way,
Lest her little feet should stray
On the windy hill and the wold!
O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!
O moon with the brows of gold!
...
O rapturous bird with the low, sweet note!
O bird that sits on the spray!
Sing on, sing on, from your soft brown throat!
And my love in her little bed
Will listen, and lift her head
From the pillow, and come my way!
O rapturous bird with the low, sweet note!
O bird that sits on the spray!
O blossom that hangs in the tremulous air!
O blossom with lips of snow!
Come down, come down, for my love to wear!
You will die on her head in a crown,
You will die in a fold of her gown,
To her little light heart you will go!
O blossom that hangs in the tremulous air!
O blossom with lips of snow!
Note: see also Hitchens's O beautiful moon
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Composition:
- Set to music by (William Frances) Lawrence Kellie (1862 - 1932), "Oh! Beautiful Star", published 1892, stanzas 1,3-4, Robert Cocks & Co, London
Text Authorship:
- by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Under the Balcony", appears in Shakespearean Show Book, first published 1884
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-03
Line count: 32
Word count: 238