by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864)
The fault is not mine if I love you too...
Language: English
The fault is not mine if I love you too much, I loved you too little too long, Such ever your graces, your tenderness such, And the music the heart gave the tongue. A time is now coming when Love must be gone, Though he never abandoned me yet. Acknowledge our friendship, our passion disown, Our follies (ah can you?) forget.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), no title, appears in The Last Fruit off an Old Tree, first published 1853 [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 Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Love must be gone", published 1927. [high voice and piano] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 61