by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Man born of desire See original
Language: English
Man, born of desire,
Cometh out of night,
A wandering spark of fire,
A lonely word of eternal thought,
Echoing in chance, and forgot.
...
Composition:
- Set to music by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Man born of desire", op. 51 no. 1, H. 177 no. 1 (1930), published 1931, first performed 1931, lines 1-5 [ soprano, chorus, organ, strings, brass, and percussion ], from A choral fantasia, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Invocation to Music, no. 7, first published 1895
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
Line count: 39
Word count: 172