by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Yet look on me ‑‑ take not thine eyes...
Language: English
Yet look on me -- take not thine eyes away, Which feed upon the love within mine own, Which is indeed but the reflected ray Of thine own beauty from my spirit thrown. Yet speak to me -- thy voice is as the tone Of my heart's echo, and I think I hear That thou yet lovest me; yet thou alone Like one before a mirror, without care Of aught but thine own features, imaged there; And yet I wear out life in watching thee; A toil so sweet at times, and thou indeed Art kind when I am sick, and pity me.
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- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "To --", subtitle: "Yet look on me" [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 Otto Freudenthal (b. 1934), "Yet look on me" [voice and piano], from Three Shelley Songs, no. 3. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 101