by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915)
Oh love is fair, and love is rare;" my...
Language: English
"Oh love is fair, and love is rare;" my dear one she said, "But love goes lightly over." I bowed her foolish head, And kissed her hair and laughed at her. Such a child was she; So new to love, so true to love, and she spoke so bitterly. But there's wisdom in women, of more than they have known, And thoughts go blowing through them, are wiser than their own, Or how should my dear one, being ignorant and young, Have cried on love so bitterly, with so true a tongue?
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First published in New Statesman, October 1913Text Authorship:
- by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915), "There's wisdom in women" [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 James Brown , "Oh love is fair, and love is rare, my dear one she said" [ tenor or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "There's Wisdom" [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs of Rupert Brooke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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