Be near me when my light is low - de Lange, Huub

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"#2 from ''4 Tennyson Elegies (Huub de Lange)'', recent musical settings of "Elegies in Memoriam A.H.H." (Elegies 67, 50, 12 and 14)"

◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 4

CPDL # 13191

Editor Huub de Lange

Posted 2006-12-02

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

Be near me when my light is low, When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick And tingle; and the heart is sick, And all the wheels if Being slow. Be near me when the sensuous frame Is rack'd with pangs that conquer trust; And Time, a maniac scattering dust, And life, a Fury slinging flame. Be near me when my faith is dry, And men the flies of latter spring, That lay their eggs, and sting and sing And weave their petty cells and die. Be near me when I fade away, To point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day.