by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
When silver snow decks Sylvio's clothes
Language: English
When silver snow decks Sylvio's clothes, And jewel hangs at shepherd's nose, We can abide Life's pelting storm That makes our limbs quake, if our hearts be warm. Whilst Virtue is our walking-staff, And Truth a lantern to our path; We can abide Life's pelting storm That makes our limbs quake, if our hearts be warm. Blow boisterous Wind, stern Winter frown, Innocence is a Winter's gown; So clad, we'll abide Life's pelting storm That makes our limbs quake, if our hearts be warm.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Song 3rd by an old shepherd" [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 Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "Song 3rd by an old shepherd", op. 27c no. 7 (1973) [voice and piano], from Three Shepherd Songs, no. 3. [text not verified]
- by Christopher Joseph Thomas (1894 - ?), "If our hearts be warm", published c1948 [SSA chorus a cappella], NY : H. W. Gray [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 84