Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath, but he is most known for his poetry. This is Nothing But Thy Love comes from his collection of Bengali devotional poems entitled Gitanjali, which means “Song Offerings.” The collection was published in 1910 and translated to English by Tagore himself in 1912. This is Nothing But Thy Love uses Tagore's "Gitanjali 59" and paints the image of God’s love in the form of nature which surrounds us.

The choral piece is rhapsodic in nature to reflect the various images described in Tagore’s text. From dancing leaves to idle clouds, rhythms and textures quickly change to reflect these aspects of nature. The opening line of the text is repeated in the beginning and the end to express gratitude as the work concludes with an outburst of confident joy.

This piece was premiered at my senior composition recital in 2021 at Texas Christian University. This piece is now published by Gentry Publications under the André J. Thomas Choral Series.