by John Milton (1608 - 1674)
Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the...
Language: English
Our translations: FRI
Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night: how often from the steep Of echoing Hill or Thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air. Sole, or responsive each to others note Singing their great Creator: oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk With Heav'nly touch of instrumental sounds In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heaven.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Milton (1608 - 1674), no title, appears in Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 677-688 [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 Matthew King (b. 1967), "A Song of Spiritual Creatures", 2006 [soprano, mezzo-soprano soli, chorus, and orchestra], from The Season of Singing, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRI Frisian (Geart van der Meer) , title unknown, Bk 4, lines 682-691, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 91