by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Myriad voicèd Queen! Enchantress of the...
Language: English
Chorus Myriad voicèd Queen! Enchantress of the air! Bride of the life of man! For thee with tuneful reed, with string and horn, And high-adoring choir, a welcome we prepare! In silver-speaking mirrors of desire - In joyous ravishment of mystery, With heavenly echo of thoughts that dreaming lie, Chained in unborn oblivion drear; Thy many-hearted grace restore Unto our isle, our own to be! And make again our Graces three.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Invocation to Music, no. 1, first published 1895 [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 Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Myriad voicèd Queen!", published 1895 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Invocation to music - An Ode in Honour of Henry Purcell, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 70