by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Love and harmony combine
Language: English
Love and harmony combine And around our souls intwine While thy branches mix with mine, And our roots together join. Joys upon our branches sit, Chirping loud, and singing sweet; Like gentle streams beneath our feet Innocence and virtue meet. Thou the golden fruit dost bear, I am clad in flowers fair; Thy sweet boughs perfume the air, And the turtle buildeth there There she sits and feeds her young, Sweet I hear her mournful song; And thy lovely leaves among There is love: I hear his tongue
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Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), appears in Poetical Sketches [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 Nigel Henry Butterley (1935 - 2022), "Love and harmony combine", op. 2 no. 6 (1956), from Six Blake Songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alan Gray (1855 - 1935), "Love and harmony", published 1904 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], London : Bosworth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "Love and harmony combine ", op. 27c no. 10 (1973), first performed 1980 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, and violoncello ], from Three "Summer Songs", no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Jenkyn Jones (1912 - 1993), "Love and harmony combine ", 1969 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Tryptych, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "Love and harmony combine", op. 1 no. 2 (1964), rev. 1977, from Seven Songs from William Blake, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Ferguson Shaw (b. 1926), "Love and harmony combine", 1968 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Love and harmony", op. 49 no. 3 (1987-8) [ soprano and instrumental ensemble (six instruments) ], from Songs of Love and Madness, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dalhousie James Young (1866 - 1921), "Love and harmony ", published 1906 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
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