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by Charles Bayles Broadley (c1801 - 1866)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

On thy love my heart reposes
Language: English 
On thy love my heart reposes
Hear me draw my falt'ring breath --
Raise me, lest mine eyelid closes --
Lest I sleep the sleep of death.

Lest my haughty foes prevailing
Proudly boast, "we laid him low."
Lest the scorner hear my wailing,
And he triumphed in my woe.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Bayles Broadley (c1801 - 1866)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "On thy love my heart reposes", op. 96 no. 2, published 1841 [ alto, SATB chorus, and organ or orchestra ], from Drei geistliche Lieder für eine Altstimme mit Chor und Orgelbegleitung, no. 2, Bonn, Simrock ; orchestrated 1852, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Felix Mendelssohn.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

Deines Kinds Gebet erhöre
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Deines Kinds Gebet erhöre,
Vater, schau auf mich herab;
meinen Augen Licht gewähre,
rette mich aus dunklem Grab.

Sonst verlacht der Feind mich Armen,
triumphiert in stolzer Pracht;
sonst verfolgt er ohn' Erbarmen
und verspottet deine Macht. 

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  • Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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  • a text in English by Charles Bayles Broadley (c1801 - 1866)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Deines Kinds Gebet erhöre", op. 96 no. 2, published 1841 [ alto, SATB chorus, and organ or orchestra ], from Drei geistliche Lieder für eine Altstimme mit Chor und Orgelbegleitung, no. 2, Bonn, Simrock ; orchestrated 1852, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

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