by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
My soul has nought but fire and ice
Language: English
My soul has nought but fire and ice And my body earth and wood: Pray we all the Most High King Who is the Lord of our last doom, That He should give us just one thing That we may do His will.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from "A Medieval Anthology", edited by Mary Segar.  [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 Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "My soul has nought but fire and ice", op. 35 no. 2 (1916-1917), published 1920 [ soprano or tenor and violin ], from Four Songs for Voice and Violin, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 43