by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Love went a‑riding over the earth
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Love went a-riding over the earth, On Pegasus he rode . . . The flowers before him sprang to birth, And the frozen rivers flowed. Then all the youths and the maidens cried, "Stay here with us, King of Kings!" But Love said, "No! for the horse I ride, For the horse I ride has wings."
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Later titled "In spring" (?)Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, no. 111, first published 1907 [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 Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Love went a-riding", 1914, published 1916 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Two Songs [1914/1916], no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Spazieren ritt die Liebe", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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