by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
Love Divine, that stoop'd to share
Language: English
Love Divine, that stoop'd to share Our sharpest pang, our bitt'rest tear, O Love Divine, we smile at pain while Thou art near. Though long the weary way we tread, And sorrow crown each ling'ring year, No path we shun no darkness dread, Our hearts still whisp'ring, Thou art near! Love Divine, that stoop'd to share Our sharpest pang, our bitt'rest tear, O Love Divine, on thee we cast each earthborn care. When drooping pleasure turns to grief, And trembling faith is turn'd to fear, The murm'ring wind, the quiv'ring leaf Shall tell us softly, Thou art near! O Thee we fling our burd'ning woe, O Love Divine, forever dear, Content to suffer, while we know, Living and dying, Thou art near!
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Text Authorship:
- by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), appears in The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, first published 1860 [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 Carrie Belle Adams (1859 - 1940), "Thou art near", published 1924 [ duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nathan Hale Allen (1848 - 1925), "O love divine", published 1897 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Hymn of trust", published 1903 [ voice and organ or harmonium ad libitum ], London: Enoch and Sons [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Williams Baker, Sir (1821 - 1877), "Hymn of trust" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Hymn of trust", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], first setting [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Hymn of trust", op. 13, published 1901 [ voice, piano, and violin ad libitum ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Gardiner Hammond (1874 - 1945), "O love divine", published 1937 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maitland Harvey , "O love divine", published 1937 [ mixed chorus ], Hymn-Anthem [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "O love divine" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert J. Holden , "Thou art near", published 1883 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Hymn of trust", 1898 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Charles MacFarlane (1870 - 1945), "O love divine", published 1902 [ soprano, alto ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonard Babbidge Marshall (1847 - ?), "Though long the weary way we tread", published 1885 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "O love divine", published 1900 [ soprano or tenor, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Balch Nevin (1859 - 1933), "O love divine", published 1896 [ contralto ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Kemble Oliver (1800 - 1885), "O love divine, that stooped to share" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Plumpton , "Thou art near", published 1875 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "O love divine", published 1926 [ mixed chorus and organ ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. P. Vance , "O love divine", published 1888 [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 122