by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Ye voices, that arose
Language: English
Ye voices, that arose After the Evening's close, And whispered to my restless heart repose! Go, breathe it in the ear Of all who doubt and fear, And say to them, "Be of good cheer!" Ye sounds, so low and calm, That in the groves of balm Seemed to me like an angel's psalm! Go, mingle yet once more With the perpetual roar Of the pine forest dark and hoar! Tongues of the dead, not lost But speaking from deaths frost, Like fiery tongues at Pentecost! Glimmer, as funeral lamps, Amid the chills and darn ps Of the vast plain where Death encamps!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "L'envoi", appears in Voices of the Night, first published 1839 [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 Cecil Burleigh (1885 - 1980), "Ye voices that arose", op. 32 no. 3, published 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 103