The Sun-God - 1921

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 26 Jan 2002

I saw the Master of the Sun.
He stood High in his luminous car,
himself more bright;
An archer of immeasurable might:
On his left shoulder hung his quivered load,
Spurned by his steeds
the eastern mountains glowed;
Forward his eager eye,
and brow of light
He bent; and, while both hands
that arch embowed,
Shaft after shaft pursued
the flying night
No wings profaned that godlike form:
Around His neck high held
an ever moving crowd
Of locks hung glistening:
while such perfect sound
Fell from his bow string,
that th' ethereal dome
Thrilled as a dewdrop;
and each passing cloud
Expanded,
whitening like the ocean foam.

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The Sun-God 1921
Music by William G. James
Lyric by Aubrey de Vere
copyright MCMXXI by G. Ricordi and Co.
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Saturday 26 Jan 2002 at 13.10
in association with Doug Grierson
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