by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936)
Lo, my heart, so sound asleep
Language: English
Lo, my heart, so sound asleep, Lady! will you wake it? For lost love I used to weep, Now my heart is sound asleep, If it once were yours to keep, I fear you'd break it. Lo! my heart, so sound asleep, Lady, will you wake it?
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Confirmed with Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c., selected by Gleeson White, London: Walter Scott, Limited, 1887.
Authorship:
- by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936), no title [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 Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "Lo, my heart, so sound asleep" [ voice and piano ], from Three Triolets, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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