by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931)
Love's wishes
Language: English
Would I were Erin's apple-blossom o'er you, Or Erin's rose in all its beauty blown, To drop my richest petals down before you, Within the garden where you walk alone; In hope you'd turn and pluck a little posy, With loving fingers through my foliage pressed, And kiss it close and set it blushing rosy To sigh out all its sweetness on your breast Would I might take the pigeon's flight towards you, And perch beside your window-pane above, And murmur how my heart of hearts it hoards you, O hundred thousand treasures of my love; In hope you'd stretch your slender hand and take me, And smooth my wildly-fluttering wings to rest, And lift me to your loving lips and make me My bower of blisses in your loving breast.
Authorship:
- by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931), "Love's wishes", appears in Irish Songs and Ballads, in Songs and Ballads [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 Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "Love's wishes", published 1890 [voice and piano], from the collection Album of Six Songs by A. P. Graves, no. 1, London: Boosey & Co. [text not verified]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-04-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 131