by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825 - 1911)
Earthly light
Language: English
Softly let the balmy sunshine Play around my dying bed, E'er the dimly lighted valley I with lonely feet must tread. Light! more light! for Death is weaving Shadows 'round my waning sight, And I fain would gaze upon him Through a stream of earthly light.
Text Authorship:
- by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825 - 1911) [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 Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Earthly light", 2013. [SA chorus and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 46