by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Hero and Leander
Language: English
Could I be Leander? On a wave am I borne? Borne to a new home across this lonely sea? Could you be my Hero, heart afire? My lighthouse on the shoreline Could you be that to me? Oh, I need you I need the rise and fall of your voice Oh, I love you And now I have a love to rejoice Hero and Leander, how your passion is brave Even if I drown here inside this wave My lighthouse on the shoreline My passion on this lonely sea My loving you was meant to be Now, could you be that to me?
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Adam Guettel , "Hero and Leander" [ voice and piano ], from Myths and Hymns [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 103