Text: | Now I Recall My Childhood |
Author: | Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941 |
Tune: | SURSUM CORDA |
Composer: | Alfred Morton Smith, 1879-1971 |
1 Now I recall my childhood when the sun
burst to my bedside with the day’s surprise;
faith in the marvelous bloomed anew each dawn,
flowers bursting fresh within my heart each day.
2 Then looking on the world with simple joy,
on insects, birds, and beasts, and common weeds,
the grass and clouds had fullest wealth of awe;
my mother’s voice gave meaning to the stars.
3 Now when I turn to think of coming death,
I find life’s song in star-songs of the night,
in rise of curtains and new morning light,
in life reborn in fresh surprise of love.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Now I recall my childhood when the sun |
Title: | Now I Recall My Childhood |
Author: | Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Wisdom from the World's Religions: Our Common Ground; Change; Children(3 more...) |
Source: | Recast, based on poem LXXI in Tagores Crossing |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SURSUM CORDA |
Composer: | Alfred Morton Smith, 1879-1971 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | © Church of the Ascension, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |