by Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951)
Oh, think Beauty
Language: English
Oh, think Beauty,
It's your duty.
Ev'ry loving gentle thought
Of this fairy brilliance wrought.
While the busy Pleiades,
Sisters to the Hyades,
Seven by seven,
Across the Heaven.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Oh, think Beauty", op. 78 no. 12 (1915), first performed 1915, from The Starlight Express, no. 12. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 29