by John Clare (1793 - 1864)
Love lives beyond the tomb
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Love lives beyond the tomb, And earth, which fades like dew! I love the fond, The faithful, and the true. Love lives in sleep: 'Tis happiness of healthy dreams: Eve's dews may weep, But love delightful seems. 'Tis seen in flowers, And in the morning's pearly dew; In earth's green hours, And in the heaven's eternal blue. 'Tis heard in Spring When light and sunbeams, warm and kind, On angel's wing Bring love and music to the mind. And where's the voice, So young, so beautiful, and sweet As Nature's choice, Where Spring and lovers meet? Love lives beyond the tomb, And earth, which fades like dew! I love the fond, The faithful, and the true.
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Authorship:
- by John Clare (1793 - 1864), "Love lives beyond the tomb", appears in Life and Remains of John Clare, first published 1873 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ian Venables (b. 1955), "Love Lives Beyond", op. 37 (Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 1 (2004) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Love lives beyond the tomb", 1945-70 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Liebe währt über Grab", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 116