it may not always be so;and i say that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch another's,and your dear strong fingers clutch his heart,as mine in time not far away; if on another's face your sweet hair lay in such a silence as i know,or such great writhing words as,uttering overmuch, stand helplessly before the spirit at bay; if this should be,i say if this should be-- you of my heart,send me a little word; that i may go unto him,and take his hands, saying,Accept all happiness from me. Then shall i turn my face,and hear one bird sing terribly afar in the lost lands.
Love Songs
Song Cycle by Brad Mehldau (b. 1970)
1. it may not always be so; and i say  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 2. Chimneys, in 2. Sonnets - Unrealities, no. 1, first published 1917
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2. We met at the end of the party
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Authorship:
- by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Child, child  [sung text checked 1 time]
Child, child, love while you can The voice and the eyes and the soul of a man; Never fear though it can break your heart Out of the wound new joy will start; Only love proudly and gladly and well, Though love be heaven or love be hell. Child, child, love while you may For life is as short as a happy day; Never fear the thing you feel Only by love is life made real; Love, for the deadly sins are seven, Only through love will you enter heaven.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Child, child"
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Dreamily over the roofs The cold spring rain is falling; Out in a lonely tree A bird is calling, calling. Softly over the earth The wings of night are falling; My heart, like the bird in the tree, Is calling, calling, calling.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Twilight", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911
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Oh, because you never tried To bow my will or break my pride, And nothing of the caveman made You want to keep me half afraid, Nor ever with a conq'ring air You thought to draw me unaware Take me, for I love you more Than I ever loved before. And since the body's maidenhood Alone were neither rare nor good Unless with it I gave to you A spirit still untrammelled too, Take my dreams and take my mind That were masterless as wind; And 'master!' I shall say to you Since you never asked me to.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Because"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]6. Dreams  [sung text checked 1 time]
I gave my life to another lover, I gave my life, and all, and all, But over a dream the past will hover Out of a dream the past will call. I tear myself from sleep with a shiver But on my breast a kiss is hot, And by my bed the ghostly giver Is waiting tho' I see him not.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Dreams"
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Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me -- That your love would never lessen and never go? You were young then, proud and fresh-hearted, You were too young to know. Fate is a wind, and red leaves fly before it Far apart, far away in the gusty time of year -- Seldom we meet now, but when I hear you speaking, I know your secret, my dear, my dear.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Did you never know?"
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