by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Language: English
The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, "Little creature, form'd of Joy and Mirth, "Go love without the help of any Thing on Earth."
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Published in Life, Vol. I, 1863Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, written 1793, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 21 [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 Mark Leopold Bucci (b. 1929), "Prelude", published 1968 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from The Wondrous Kingdom (Flora and Fauna), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ruth Margaret Lomon (b. 1930), "Injunction", 1962, published 1980, first performed 1963 [ contralto and viola ], from Five songs after poems by William Blake, no. 5, Washington, DC : Arsis Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Richard Miller (b. 1932), "Go love", 1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Blake on Love, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Judith Weir (b. 1954), "My Guardian Angel", 1997 [ mixed chorus ], Chester Music Ltd
Publisher: Wise Music Classical [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by John David White (b. 1931), "The Angel that presided o'er my birth", first performed 1957 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-23
Line count: 3
Word count: 25