Light of my soul (Robert Lucas Pearsall)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-12-09). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 103 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2011-12-12). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 57 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Light of my soul
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall
Lyricist: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 11, no. 319
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Original text and translations
English text
Light of my soul, arise!
Thy sister lights are in the skies;
We want thine eyes, those joyous eyes;
Night is mourning for those eyes;
The sacred verse is on my sword,
And on my heart thy name:
The words on each alike adored,
The truth of each the same.