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by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)

Orbits
Language: English 
Two stars once on their lonely way
  Met in the heavenly height,
And they dreamed a dream they might shine alway
  With undivided light;
Melt into one with a breathless throe,
  And beam as one in the night.

And each forgot in the dream so strange
  How desolately far
Swept on each path, for who shall change
  The orbit of a star?
Yea, all was a dream, and they still must go
  As lonely as they are.

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947), "Orbits", appears in English Poems, first published 1892 [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 I. Norah Marriott , "Orbits", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Two songs [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

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