by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
For thee alone
Language: English
For thee alone I brave the boundless deep, Those eyes my light through every distant sea; My waking thoughts, the dream that gilds my sleep, The noontide rev'rie, all are given to thee, To thee alone, to thee alone. Though future scenes present to Fancy's eye Fair forms of light that crowd the distant air, When nearer view'd, the fairy phantoms fly, The crowds dissolve, and thou alone art there, Thou, thou alone. To win thy smile, I speed from shore to shore, While Hope's sweet voice is heard in every blast, Still whisp'ring on, that when some years are o'er, One bright reward shall crown my toil at last, Thy smile alone, thy smile alone. Oh, place beside the transport of that hour All earth can boast of fair, of rich, and bright, Wealth's radiant mines, the lofty thrones of power, -- Then ask, where first thy lover's choice would light? On thee alone, on thee alone.
Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, reprinted from the early editions, London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1887. Appears in Ballads and Songs, page 631.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "For thee alone", appears in The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, in Ballads and songs [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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation (M. F. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "An dich, an dich, allein an dich" [an adaptation] ; composed by Wilhelm Eckardt, Alexander Fesca, Georg Vierling.
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