You take my heart with tears; I battle uselessly; Reft of all hopes and doubts and fears, Lie quietly. You veil my heart with cloud; Since faith is dim and blind, I can but grope perplex'd and bow'd, Seek till I find. Yet bonds are life to me; How else could I perceive The love in each wild artery That bids me live?
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), no title, appears in Henry Brocken, first published 1904 [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 Peter Racine Fricker (b. 1920), "You take my heart with tears", 1947 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Two Madrigals, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Jane Eyre's song", op. 88 no. 2 (1937) [ voice and piano ], from Henry Brocken Song Cycle, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-13
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