by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893)
Adventante Deo
Language: English
Lift up your heads, gates of my heart, unfold Your portals to salute the King of kings! Behold Him come, borne on cherubic wings Engrained with crimson eyes and grail of gold! Before His path the thunder-clouds withhold Their stormy pinions, and the desert sings: He from His lips divine and forehead flings Sunlight of peace unfathomed, bliss untold. O soul, faint soul, disquieted how long! Lift up thine eyes, for lo, thy Lord is near, Lord of all loveliness and strength and song, The Lord who brings heart-sadness better cheer, Scattering those midnight dreams that dote on wrong, Purging with heaven's pure rays love's atmosphere!
Authorship:
- by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893), "Adventante Deo", appears in Animi Figura, in Versöhnung, first published 1882 [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 Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988), "Adventante Deo", published 1972 [satb chorus and organ], anthem [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 106