Less than the cloud to the wind, Less than the foam to the sea, Less than the rose to the storm, Am I to thee. More than the star to the night, More than the rain to the [tree]1, More than heaven to earth Art thou to me.
Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale
Song Cycle by Nika Leoni
1. Less than the cloud to the wind  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Less than the cloud to the wind", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Leoni: "lea"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
2. Faults  [sung text checked 1 time]
They came to tell your faults to me, They named them over one by one; I laughed aloud when they were done, I knew them all so well before, -- Oh, they were blind, too blind to see Your faults had made me love you more.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Faults", appears in Love Songs, first published 1917
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fautes", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 20.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. Pierrot  [sung text checked 1 time]
Pierrot stands in the garden Beneath a waning moon, And on his lute he fashions A [fragile]1 silver tune. Pierrot plays in the garden, He thinks he plays for me, But I am quite forgotten Under the cherry tree. Pierrot plays in the garden, And all the roses know That Pierrot loves his music, -- But I love Pierrot.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Pierrot"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Griffes, Rybner: "little"
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4. Wild asters  [sung text checked 1 time]
In the spring I asked the daisies If his words were true, And the clever, clear-eyed daisies Always knew. Now the fields are brown and barren, Bitter autumn blows, And of all the stupid asters Not one knows.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Wild asters"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]5. To‑night  [sung text checked 1 time]
The moon is a curving flower of gold, The sky is still and blue; The moon was made for the sky to hold, And I for you. The moon is a flower without a stem, The sky is luminous; Eternity was made for them, To-night for us.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "To-Night", appears in Love Songs, first published 1917
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cette nuit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 59.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
6. Message  [sung text checked 1 time]
I heard a cry in the night, A thousand miles it came, Sharp as a flash of light, My name, my name! It was your voice I heard, You waked and loved me so, I send you back this word, I know, I know!
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "To one away", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915
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Later published as "Message" in Love Songs, 1917Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]