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My spirit sang all day O my joy. Nothing my tongue could say, Only My joy! My heart an echo caught O my joy And spake, Tell me thy thought, Hide not thy joy. My eyes gan peer around, O my joy What beauty hast thou found? Shew us thy joy. My jealous ears grew whist; O my joy Music from heaven is't, Sent for our joy? She also came and heard; O my joy, What, said she, is this word? What is thy joy? And I replied, O see, O my joy, 'Tis thee, I cried, 'tis thee: Thou art my joy.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890 [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 Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "My spirit sang all day", op. 17 no. 3, published 1934-37 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from Seven Unaccompanied Part Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "My joy", 1898 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Anthony Ritchie (b. 1921), "My spirit sang all day", 1948 [ combined SATB choruses and 2 pianos ], from Then Laugheth the Year, cantata [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Ik jubelde en zong de hele dag", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 103
Ik jubelde en zong de hele dag Oh mijn lief. Het enige wat op mijn lippen lag Was mijn lief. Toen ving mijn hart op wat ik zei: Oh mijn lief. Wat is 't wat je verstopt, sprak hij Verberg niet jouw lief. Mijn ogen keken spiedend rond Oh mijn lief Wat is de schoonheid die jij vond? Laat zien jouw lief! Stil waren lang mijn jaloerse oren Oh mijn lief Engelenzang is wat wij horen Bestemd voor ónze lief? Ook zij kwam en vernam zowaar Oh mijn lief En riep: zeg mij, met wie ga jij daar? Wie is jouw lief? En ik toen als een kind zo blij Oh mijn lief Riep uit: wie anders dan jíj, ja jíj! Jíj bent mijn lief.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 125