by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
The sun
Language: English
Fire is in the flint : true, once a spark escapes, Fire forgets the kinship, soars till fancy shapes Some befitting cradle where the babe had birth Wholly heaven's the product, unallied to earth. Splendors recognized as perfect in the star ! In our flint their home was, housed as now they are.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "The sun", appears in Ferishtah's Fancies, no. 5, first published 1884 [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The sun", 1903, published 1905 [tenor and orchestra], from Lyrics from "Ferishtah's Fancies", no. 5. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 51