Never seek to tell thy love Love that never told [can]1 be; For the gentle wind does move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart, [Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears]2 -- Ah, she [doth]3 depart. Soon as she was gone from me [A traveller came by]4 Silently, invisibly -- [He took her with a sigh]5.
Three Blake Songs
Song Cycle by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946)
1. Love's secret  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Love's Secret"
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Stöhr: "shall"
2 Stöhr: "Trembling between hope and fear"
3 Stöhr: "did"
4 Stöhr: "A boy chanced going by"
5 Leoni: "O, was no deny"
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2. In a myrtle shade  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Why should I be bound to thee, O my lovely Myrtle-tree? Love, free Love, cannot be bound To any tree that grows on ground. O! how sick and weary I Underneath my Myrtle lie; Like to dung upon the ground, Underneath my Myrtle bound. Oft my Myrtle sigh'd in vain To behold my heavy chain: Oft my Father saw us sigh, And laugh'd at our simplicity. So I smote him, and his gore Stain'd the roots my Myrtle bore. But the time of youth is fled, And grey hairs are on my head.
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. The wild flower's song  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
As I wander'd the forest, The green leaves among, I heard a wild flower Singing a song: "I slept in the dark In the silent night, I murmur'd my fears And I felt delight. "In the morning I went As rosy as morn To seek for a new Joy, But I met with scorn."
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The wild flower's song", from Life, Vol. II, first published 1863
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 209