by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the...
Language: English
Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the Weald And you my mother the Valley of Arun sing. Here am I homeward from my wandering Here am I homeward and my heart is healed. You my companions whom the World has tired Come out to greet me. I have found a face More beautiful than Gardens; more desired Than boys in exile love their native place. Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the Weald And you most ancient Valley of Arun sing. Here am I homeward from my wandering, Here am I homeward and my heart is healed. If I was thirsty, I have heard a spring. If I was dusty, I have found a field.
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Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), no title, appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923 [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 Christopher Kaye Le Fleming (b. 1908), "Lift up your hearts in Gumber", published 1962 [ baritone, SATB chorus, and orchestra ], from Valley of Arun [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Lift Up Your Hearts", subtitle: "Sonnet I", op. 58 (1944) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 117