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by William Smyth (1765 - 1849)

Music, Love and Wine
Language: English 
O let me Music hear
Night and Day!
Let the voice and let the Lyre
Dissolve my heart, my spirit's fire;
Music and I ask no more,
Night or Day!

Hence with colder world,
Hence, Adieu!
Give me. Give me but the while,
The brighter heav'n of Ellen's smile,
Love and then I ask no more,
Oh, would you?

Hence with this world of care
I say too;
Give me but the blissful dream,
That mingles in the goblet's gleam,
Wine and then I ask no more,
What say you?

Music may gladden Wine,
What say you?
Tendrils of the laughing Vine
Around the Myrtle well may twine,
Both may grace the Lyre divine,
What say you?

What if we all agree,
What say you?
I will list the Lyre with thee,
And he shall dream of Love like me,
Brighter than the wine shall be,
What say you?

Refrain
  Love, Music, wine agree,
  True, true, true!
  Round then round the glass, the glee,
  And Ellen in our toast shall be!
  Music, wine and Love agree,
  True, true, true!

Text Authorship:

  • by William Smyth (1765 - 1849), "Music, love and wine" [author's text not yet checked 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Music, Love and Wine", op. 108 (25 schottische Lieder mit Begleitung von Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncello) no. 1 (1815) [ voice, chorus, violin, violoncello, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Musik, Liebe und Wein"


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-18
Line count: 37
Word count: 179

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