We have walked in Love's land a little way, We have learnt his lesson a little while, And shall we not part at the end of day, With a sigh, a smile? A little while in the shine of the sun, We were twined together, joined lips, forgot How the shadows fall when the day is done, And when Love is not. We have made no vows — there will none be broke, Our love was free as the wind on the hill, There was no word said we need wish unspoke, We have wrought no ill. So shall we not part at the end of day, Who have loved and lingered a little while, Join lips for the last time, go our way, With a sigh, a smile?
Two Songs , opus 1
by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970)
1. April love  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867 - 1900), "April love", appears in Verses, London, Leonard Smithers, first published 1896
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Confirmed with Ernest Dowson, Verses, London: Leonard Smithers, 1896, page 27.
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2. Ad domnulam suam  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Little lady of my heart ! Just a little longer, Love me: we will pass and part, Ere this love grow stronger. I have loved thee, Child! too well, To do aught but leave thee : Nay! my lips should never tell Any tale, to grieve thee. Little lady of my heart ! Just a little longer, I may love thee: we will part, Ere my love grow stronger. Soon thou leavest fairy-land; Darker grow thy tresses; Soon no more of hand in hand; Soon no more caresses ! Little lady of my heart ! Just a little longer, Be a child: then, we will part, Ere this love grow stronger.
Authorship:
- by Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867 - 1900), "Ad domnulam suam", appears in Book of the Rhymers' Club, first published 1892
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