by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Thine eyes still shined for me
Language: English
Thine eyes still shined for me, Though far I lonely roved the land or sea: As I behold yon evening star, Which yet beholds not me. This morn I climbed the misty hill, And roamed the pastures through; How danced thy form before my path Amidst the deep-eyed dew! When the redbird spread his sable wing, And showed his side of flame; When the rosebud ripened to the rose, In both I read thy name.
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Text Authorship:
- by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Thine eyes still shined", appears in Poems, first published 1847 [author's text not yet checked 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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Thine eyes still shined for me" [text not verified]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Thine eyes still shined for me", 1895-6, published 1896, from the collection English Lyrics, Fourth Set, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
- by Edwin Schneider , "Thine eyes still shined for me", published 1918. [text not verified]
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