by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
Earth fades! Heaven breaks on me: I...
Language: English
Earth fades! Heaven breaks on me: I shall stand next Before God's throne: the moment's close at hand When man the first, last time, has leave to lay His whole heart bare before its Maker, leave To clear up the long error of a life And choose one happiness for evermore.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), no title, appears in Strafford, Act V, Scene 2, first published 1837 [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 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "Earth fades! Heaven breaks on me", op. 24 no. 1 (1898), published 1898 [ low voice and piano ], from In Memoriam: 3 Rhapsodies, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 51