Where is the Home for me?
O Cyprus, set in the sea,
Aphrodite's home In the soft sea-foam,
Would I could wend to thee;
Where the wings of the Loves are furled,
And faint the heart of the world.
Aye, unto Paphos' isle,
Where the rainless meadows smile
With riches rolled From the hundred-fold
Mouths of the far-off Nile,
Streaming beneath the waves
To the roots of the seaward caves.
But a better land is there
Where Olympus cleaves the air,
The high still dell Where the Muses dwell,
Fairest of all things fair!
O there is Grace, and there is the Heart's Desire.
And peace to adore thee, thou Spirit of Guiding Fire!
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Text Authorship:
- by Gilbert Murray (1866 - 1957), no title, first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Euripides (c484BCE - 406BCE), appears in Βάκχαι (The Bacchae) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Where is the home for me?", c1911-1914, published 1922 [ vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-02-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 115