by Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867 - 1900)
Little lady of my heart !
Language: English
Little lady of my heart ! Just a little longer, Love me: we will pass and part, Ere this love grow stronger. I have loved thee, Child! too well, To do aught but leave thee : Nay! my lips should never tell Any tale, to grieve thee. Little lady of my heart ! Just a little longer, I may love thee: we will part, Ere my love grow stronger. Soon thou leavest fairy-land; Darker grow thy tresses; Soon no more of hand in hand; Soon no more caresses ! Little lady of my heart ! Just a little longer, Be a child: then, we will part, Ere this love grow stronger.
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Authorship:
- by Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867 - 1900), "Ad domnulam suam", appears in Book of the Rhymers' Club, first published 1892 [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 Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "Ad domnulam suam", alternate title: "Little lady of my heart", op. 1 (Two Songs) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], published 1903 (London: Metzler) as op. 3 no. 2 ("Little lady of my heart") [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bryceson Treharne (1879 - 1948), "Little lady of my heart!", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], Boston : Boston Music Company [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-24
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Word count: 111