by Henry Alford (1810 - 1871)
You and I
Language: English
My hand is lonely for your clasping, dear; My ear is tired waiting for your call. I want your strength to help, your laugh to cheer; Heart, soul and senses need you, one and all. I droop without your full, frank sympathy; We ought to be together - you and I; We want each other so, to comprehend The dream, the hope, things planned, or seen, or wrought. Companion, comforter and guide and friend, As much as love asks love, does thought ask thought. Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly, We ought to be together, you and I.
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Alford (1810 - 1871) [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 Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (b. 1938), "You and I", op. 205 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Four Song Poems, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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