by John Muir (1838 - 1914)
Yosemite Falls
Language: English
O Mrs. Carr, that you could be here to mingle in this night moon glory! I am in the Upper Yosemite Falls, and can hardly calm to write, but, you have been so present in my thought. In the afternoon, I came up to the mountain, with a blanket and a piece of bread, to spend the night in prayer among the spouts of the Fall. I can only wish again that you would expose your soul to the rays of this heaven. Silver from the moon lights this glorious creation which we name the Falls, and has laid a double rainbow at its base. O the music that is blessing me now! The grandest notes of the yearly anthem. They echo every fiber of me. I am going to stop here until morning, and pray a whole blessed night with the Falls and the moon.
Authorship:
- by John Muir (1838 - 1914), written 1871 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), "Yosemite Falls", 2014, copyright © 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from the High Sierra, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-06
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Word count: 146