by Alice Christina Meynell (1847 - 1922)
Easter Night
Language: English
All night had shout of men, and cry Of woeful women filled His way; Until that noon of sombre sky On Friday, clamour and display Smote Him; no solitude had He, No silence, since Gethsemane. Public was Death; but Power, but Might, But Life again, but Victory, Were hushed within the dead of night, The shutter'd dark, the secrecy. And all alone, alone, alone, He rose again behind the stone.
Text Authorship:
- by Alice Christina Meynell (1847 - 1922) [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 Vladimir Agopov (b. 1953), "Easter Night", op. 11 no. 1 (1986) [ voice, flute, and accordion ], from Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 71