by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
My eyes for beauty pine
Language: English
My eyes for beauty pine, My soul for Goddes grace : No other care nor hope is mine, To heaven I turn my face. One splendour thence is shed From all the stars above : 'Tis named when God's name is said, 'Tis Love, 'tis heavenly Love. And every gentle heart, That burns with true desire, Is lit from eyes that mirror part Of that celestial fire.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890 [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "My eyes for beauty pine" [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "My eyes for beauty pine", published 1928. [unison chorus (with several bars of four-part writing) and organ] [ sung text not verified ]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 66