My eyes for beauty pine (Herbert Howells)

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  • (Posted 2026-02-02)  CPDL #88240:     
Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2026-02-02).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 279 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Phrasing slurs omitted, but otherwise faithful.

General Information

Title: My eyes for beauty pine
Composer: Herbert Howells
Lyricist: Robert Bridges
Number of voices: 1v   Voicings: S or SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1928
Description: One of several Howells settings of poetry by Bridges. First published in 1928, and therefore public domain in the United States (though not yet elsewhere). This anthem may be sung entirely in unison, though there is a short (optional) SATB section.

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Original text and translations

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My eyes for beauty pine,
My soul for Goddës grace;
No other care nor hope is mine,
To heaven I turn my face.

One splendour thence is shed
From all the stars above:
'Tis named when God's name is said,
'Tis Love, 'tis heavenly Love.

And every gentle heart
That burns with true desire,
Is lit from eyes that mirror part
Of that celestial fire.

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