In my beloved's eyes
Language: English
I [look'd]1 into the midnight deep, And saw the steadfast stars, True sentinels that never sleep Beyond Earth's prison bars; I look'd in my beloved's eyes, And saw her radiant soul, Still steadfast in the [skies]2 Of love's remotest goal.
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1 Chadwick: "looked", passim.
2 Chadwick: "heav'nly skies"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
1 Chadwick: "looked", passim.
2 Chadwick: "heav'nly skies"
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "In my beloved's eyes" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "In my beloved's eyes", 1898, published 1902 [mezzo-soprano or baritone], from Three Songs, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40