by Helen Hay Whitney (1876 - 1944)
Lyric Love
Language: English
The world deserves its wisdom You and I serene within the shadow crown'd with hours Cinctur'd with solitude, the bended sky Folds us in hues of tulip twilight flow'rs Knowledge is chill; your hair is warm with gold A lock lies heavily across your cheek I some where heard of darkness pain and cold Keep your own, world, ah love stir not nor speak
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Lyric Love", op. 19 no. 1 [ voice and piano ]
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-09
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