by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Through the old city’s silence
Language: English
Through the old city’s silence, Where the Abana flows, [O]1 harken to the nightingale Sing lyrics to the rose! But through the dusk no answer Is ever [breathed]2 or sung, [Tho’]3 the bird’s heart with pleading The whole night long is wrung. Yet well the lonely songster Knows that the red rose hears. ... Ah, Love, I need no answer, But let me see your tears!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Woodforde-Finden: "Oh,"
2 Woodforde-Finden: "breath’d"
3 Woodforde-Finden: "Though"
Confirmed with The Quiet Singer and Other Poems by Charles Hanson Towne, B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 125.
Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), no title, appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in 86. A Lover in Damascus, no. 2, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "Where the Abana flows", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from A lover in Damascus, no. 2, Boosey & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-03
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Word count: 66