Lift thy heart
Language: English
Lift thy heart For the glad world's sake! Live thy life For the good of all: There's a road For each soul to take, There's a comrade To heed thy call. Sleep will come But the soul shall wake-- Lift thy heart For the glad world's sake! Love the best, For the best shall live; Pray for all, There is need for prayer Gifts thou hast-- Be thou rich and give! Life is fleeting, But Heavn' is fair. Sleep will come But the soul shall wake-- Lift thy heart For the glad world's sake!
Confirmed with Frederick G. Bowles, Northern Lyrics: A Book of Verse, Unicorn, 1903.
Authorship
- by Frederick G. Bowles , "Lift thy heart", appears in Northern Lyrics [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 (Mary) Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus (1848 - 1912), "Lift thy heart", published 1908 [voice and organ or harmonium ad libitum], London: Chappell & Co. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-07-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 94