by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)
Linger in blissful repose
Language: English
Linger in blissful repose, Free from all sorrowing care love, White round thee melody flows, Wafted opinions of air love. Let not thy visions depart, Lured by the stars that are beaming, Music will flow from my heart While thy sweet spirit is dreaming. Dreaming, dreaming, unfettered by the day, In melody, in melody I'll breathe my soul away. Softly the night winds are heard, Sighing o'er mountain and dale, love, Gently the vapors are stirred Down in the shadowy vale love. While o'er the dew covered plain, Starlight in silence is gleaming, Lightly I'll breathe a refrain Round the young heart is dreaming. Dreaming, dreaming, unfettered by the day, In melody, in melody I'll breathe I'll breathe my soul away.
Authorship:
- by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), "Linger in blissful repose" [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):
- by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), "Linger in blissful repose", published 1858. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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