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by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Easter Day
Language: English 
The silver trumpets rang across the Dome:
    The people knelt upon the ground with awe:
    And borne upon the necks of men I saw,
Like some great God, the Holy Lord of Rome.
Priest-like, he wore a robe more white than foam,
    And, king-like, swathed himself in royal red,
    Three crowns of gold rose high upon his head:
In splendor and in light the Pope passed home.
My heart stole back across wide wastes of years
    To One who wandered by a lonely sea,
    And sought in vain for any place of rest:
"Foxes have holes, and every bird its nest,
    I, only I, must wander wearily,
    And bruise My feet, and drink wine salt with tears."

Text Authorship:

  • by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Easter Day" [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 Michael Linton , "Easter Day", 2016-2017 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Wilde songs, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by David Sydney Morgan (b. 1932), "Easter Day", 1999 [ mixed chorus and brass ], from Canti sacri e profane [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 117

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