by Henry Vaughan (1622 - 1695)
The shower
Language: English
Cloud, if as thou dost melt, and with thy train Of drops make soft the Earth, my eyes could weep O'er my hard heart, that's bound up and asleep; Perhaps at last, Some such showers past, My God would give a sunshine after rain.
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Vaughan (1622 - 1695) [author's text not yet checked 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 Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "The shower", op. 71 no. 1 (1914). [SATB chorus] [text verified 1 time]
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Line count: 6
Word count: 44