The Lost Chord
Music: Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) · Words: Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864)
Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and
ill at ease, And my fingers wander'd idly
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The words
Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and
ill at ease, And my fingers wander'd idly
Over the noisy keys; I know not what I was
playing, Or what I was dreaming then,
But I struck one chord of music,
Like the sound of a great Amen, Like the sound
of a great A- men.
It flooded the crimson twilight,
Like the close of an Angel's Psalm,
And it lay on my fever'd spirit,
With a touch of infinite calm, It quieted
pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming
strife, It seem'd the harmonious echo,
From our discordant life, It link'd all
perplexed meanings, Into one perfect peace,
And trembled away into silence,
As if it were loth to cease; I have sought,
but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord
divine, Which came from the soul of the organ,
And enter'd into mine.
It may be that Death's bright Angel,
Will speak in that chord again; It may be that
only in Heav'n, I shall hear that grand Amen,
It may be that Death's bright Angel,
Will speak in that chord again, It may be that
only in Heav'n, I shall hear that grand Amen.
About this song
- Music
- Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1877, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 3:45
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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