by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861 - 1920)
Tryste Noel
Language: English
The Ox he openeth wide the Doore, And from the Snowe he calls her inne, And he hath seen her Smile therefor, Our Ladye without Sinne. Now soone from Sleep A Starre shall leap, And soone arrive both King and Hinde: Amen, Amen: But O, the Place co'd I but finde! The Ox hath hushed his voyce and bent Trewe eyes of Pitty ore the Mow, And on his lovelie Neck, forspent, The Blessed layes her Browe. Around her feet Full Warme and Sweete His bowerie Breath doth meeklie dwell: Amen, Amen: But sore am I with Vaine Travel! The Ox is host in Judah stall And Host of more than onelie one, For close she gathereth withal Our Lorde her littel Sonne. Glad Hinde and King Their Gyfte may bring, But wo'd to-night my Teares were there, Amen, Amen: Between her Bosom and His hayre!
Can be found in The Home Book of Verse, Volume 1 (New York: Henry Holt And Company)
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Text Authorship:
- by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861 - 1920), first published 1912 [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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Tryste Noel", op. 37 (Six songs) no. 5, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Wilfred Orr (1893 - 1976), "Tryste Noel", 1927, published 1930 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Tryste Noel", op. 527 (1958) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Tryste noël", 1921 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-03
Line count: 27
Word count: 146