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by Arthur Macy (1842 - 1904)

Thou art to me
Language: English 
Thou art to me
As are soft breezes to a summer sea;
As stars unto the night;
Or when the day is born,
As sunrise to the morn;
As peace unto the fading of the light.

Thou art to me
As one sweet flower upon a barren lea;
As rest to toiling hands;
As one clear spring amid the desert sands;
As smiles to maidens' lips;
As hope to friends that wait for absent ships;
As happiness to youth;
As purity to truth;
As sweetest dreams to sleep;
As balm to wounded hearts that weep.
All, all that I would have thee be
Thou art to me.

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Macy (1842 - 1904), "Thou art to me", appears in Poems, first published 1905 [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 George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Thou art to me", published 1902 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from Three Songs, no. 3. [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844 - 1931), "Thou art to me" [voice and piano], from Folk Songs, no. 2, unpublished [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 107

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