by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Since thou, O fondest and truest
Language: German (Deutsch)
Since thou, O fondest and truest, Hast loved me best and longest, And now with trust the strongest The joy of my heart renewest ; Since thou art dearer and dearer While other hearts grow colder, And ever, as love is older, More lovingly drawest nearer : Since now I see in the measure Of all my giving and taking, Thou wert my hand in the making, The sense and soul of my pleasure; The good I have ne'er repaid thee In heaven I pray be recorded, And all thy love rewarded By God, thy master that made thee.
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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 Ina Boyle (1889 - 1967), "Since thou O fondest and truest", 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Francis) Clive Saville Carey (1883 - 1968), "Since thou, O fondest and truest", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Since thou, O fondest and truest", c1908, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], revised 1925 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "Since thou, O fondest", published 1901 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard James Naylor (1907 - 1986), "Since thou, O fondest and truest", published 1930 [ SSAA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wilfred Orr (1893 - 1976), "Since thou, O fondest and truest", 1957, published 1959 [ tenor and piano ], from Four Songs for High Voice and Piano, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Since thou, O fondest and truest", published 1897 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from Six Modern Lyrics, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Since thou, O fondest and truest", op. 43 (Three songs) no. 1 (1891), published 1896-1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "Since thou, O fondest and truest", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 97