by Philip Bourke Marston (1850 - 1887)
Have I not dreamed of you all night long
Language: English
Have I not dreamed of you all night long, Love, my Love? Shall I not tell my dream in a song, O my Love? Have I not worshipped you six long years, Queen, my Queen? Have I not given you bounteous tears, O my Queen? Have I not said, when the spring was here, -- "Sweet, my Sweet, More than the pride and flower of the year, O my Sweet"? Have I not said, in the dawning gray, -- "Heart, my Heart, I shall see my lady ere close of day, O my Heart"? Have I not said, in the silent night, -- "Dove, my Dove, So soft of voice and rapid of flight, O my Dove"? Have I not said, in the summer hours, -- "Rose, my Rose, Greatly exalted above all flowers, O my Rose"? Have I not said, in my great despair, -- "Soul, my Soul, Love is a grievous burden to bear O my Soul"? Have I not turned to the sea, and said, -- "Life, my Life, If she be not mine, be thou my bed, O my Life"? Have I not dreamed of your eyes, and cried, -- "Light, my Light, Lead me where love may be satisfied, O my Light!" Have I not trodden a weary road, Saint, my Saint? And where, at last, shall be my abode, O my Saint? Sometimes I say, in an hour supreme, "Bride, my Bride! I shall hold you fast, and not in a dream, O my Bride!"
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Authorship:
- by Philip Bourke Marston (1850 - 1887), "A burden" [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), "The burden", published 1897 [voice and piano], London: Strickland Brothers ; note: may be wrong text for this title (Marston also wrote a poem called "The two burdens") [text not verified]
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