by Saretta Green , as Caris Brooke
Oh the beautiful breathing earth
Language: English
Oh the beautiful breathing earth, Clad in purple and decked with gold, Oh the wealth of blossom! the song of birds, The love that was told and untold! Oh the madness of Summer everywhere. In the still rapt sky and the wooing air. And we who were nothing, only a part Of the throbbing passionate mother-heart! Oh the bitter desolate sea Wild with hunger and waste with woe. Wailing the pain of speechless souls In its restless ebb and flow! Oh the sob of life! oh the dirge of death, That moaned in its voice, and breathed in its breath; And you and I, who stood by the shore Alone and apart for evermore !
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First published in the Easter Tide Collection, ed. E. P. Dutton, 1888Authorship:
- by Saretta Green , as Caris Brooke, "Then and now" [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 Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Apart for evermore", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], London: R. Cocks [sung text not yet checked]
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