by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
O Youth whose hope is high
Language: English
O Youth whose hope is high, Who doth to truth aspire, Whether thou live or die, O look not back nor tire. Thou that art bold to fly Through tempest, flood and fire, Nor dost not shrink to try Thy heart in torments dire, -- If thou canst Death defy, If thy Faith is entire, Press onward, for thine eye Shall see thy heart's desire. Beauty and love are nigh, And with their deathless quire Soon shall thine eager cry Be number'd and expire.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Poems, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1977), "O Youth whose hope is high" [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Anthony Ritchie (b. 1921), "O Youth whose hope is high", 1948 [ combined SATB choruss and 2 pianos ], from Then Laugheth the Year [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 83