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by Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall (1880 - 1943)

The blind ploughman
Language: English 
Set my hands upon the plough, my feet upon the sod:
Turn my face towards the east, and praise be to God!
Ev'ry year the rains do fall, the seeds they stir and spring;
Ev'ry year the spreading trees shelter birds that sing.

From the shelter of your heart, brother drive out sin.
Let the little birds of faith come and nest therein
God has made His sun to shine on both you and me;
God, who took away my eyes, that my soul might see.

Text Authorship:

  • by Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall (1880 - 1943), "The blind ploughman" [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 Robert Coningsby Clarke (1879 - 1934), "The blind ploughman", 1913. [baritone and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 86

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