by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Language: English
Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen thy face,
By faith, and faith alone, embrace,
Believing where we cannot prove;
Thine are these orbs of light and shade;
Thou madest Life in man and brute;
Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot
Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Thou wilt not leave us in the dust:
Thou madest man, he knows not why,
He thinks he was not made to die;
And thou hast made him: thou art just.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1899, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from In Memoriam, no. 13
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, written 1849, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-11
Line count: 44
Word count: 308