The infinite shining heavens (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
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CPDL #17125: 
- Contributor: David Newman (Added 2008-6-08). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 164 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central - File Sizes: PDF: 164 KB
General Information
Title: The Infinite Shining Heavens
Composer: Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Lyricist: Robert Louis Stevenson
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Baritone Solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1907
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Original text and translations
English text
- The infinite shining heavens
- Rose, and I saw in the night
- Uncountable angel stars
- Showering sorrow and light.
- I saw them distant as heaven,
- Dumb and shining and dead,
- And the idle stars of the night
- Were dearer to me than bread.
- Night after night in my sorrow
- The stars looked over the sea,
- Till lo! I looked in the dusk
- And a star had come down to me.
Lyrics: Robert Louis Stevenson - (1850-1894) - from "Songs of Travel".