by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
My soul has nought but fire and ice
Language: English
My soul has nought but fire and ice And my body earth and wood: Pray we all the Most High King Who is the Lord of our last doom, That He should give us just one thing That we may do His will.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from "A Medieval Anthology", edited by Mary Segar. [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 Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "My soul has nought but fire and ice", op. 35 no. 2 (1916-1917), published 1920 [ soprano or tenor and violin ], from Four Songs for Voice and Violin, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 43