by Hisato Ohzawa (1907 - 1953)
A Phantasy of Heaven
Language: English
Perhaps he plays with cherubs now. Those little, golden boys of God. Bending, with them, some silver bough, The while a seraph, head a-nod, - Slumbers on guard: how they will run And shout, if he should wake too soon. - As fruit more golden than the sun And riper than the full-grown moon, Conglobed in clusters, weighs them down, Like Atlas heaped with starry signs. And, if they're tripped, heel over crown, By hidden coils of mighty vines. - Perhaps the seraph, swift to pounce, Will hale them, vexed, to God and He - Will only laugh, remembering, once He was a boy in Galilee!
Authorship:
- by Hisato Ohzawa (1907 - 1953), "A phantasy of heaven"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hisato Ohzawa (1907 - 1953), "A Phantasy of Heaven", 1933 [ voice, flute, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-04
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