Miranda (William Wallace Gilchrist)

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• (Posted 2023-10-19)  CPDL #76470:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-19).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 231 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Miranda
Composer: William Wallace Gilchrist
Lyricist: Sidney Lanier
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, minor divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1908 H. W. Gray Co.
Description: Three Four-part Songs, The words by Sidney Lanier, No. 1

Original text and translations

English text

The storm hath blown thee a lover, Sweet,
And laid him kneeling at thy feet.
But,— guerdon rich for favor rare!
The wind hath all thy holy hair
To kiss and to sing through and to flare
Like torch-flames in the passionate air,
      About thee, O Miranda.

Eyes in a blaze, eyes in a daze,
Bold with love, cold with amaze,
Chaste-thrilling eyes, fast-filling eyes
With daintiest tears of love's surprise,
Ye draw my soul unto your blue
As warm skies draw the exhaling dew,
      Divine eyes of Miranda.

And if I were yon stolid stone,
Thy tender arm doth lean upon,
Thy touch would turn me to a heart,
And I would palpitate and start,
—Content, when thou wert gone, to be
A dumb rock by the lonesome sea
      Forever, O Miranda.