by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
Homage
Language: English
I There is a light around your head Which only Saints of God may wear, And all the flowers on which you tread In pleasaunce more than ours have fed, And supped the essential air Whose summer is a-pulse with music everywhere. II For you are younger than the mornings are That in the mountains break; When upland shepherds see their only star Pale on the dawn, and make In his surcease the hours, The early hours of all their happy circuit take.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "Homage" [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 John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Homage", op. 75 (1945) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-20
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