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by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918)

Sweetheart, thy lips are touched with...
Language: English 
Sweetheart, thy lips are touched with flame,
Sweetheart, thy glowing ardor tame;
Sweetheart, thy love how can I blame,
When I, too, feel its fire,
When all thy fond desire,
Sweetheart, I know the same.

Sweetheart, thine eyes like rubies glow;
Sweetheart, no more regard me so;
Sweetheart, I cannot chide thee though
Since my looks too are burning,
Since I, too, throb with yearning;
Sweetheart, thy pangs I know.

Sweetheart, thy blood leaps in thy cheek.
Sweetheart, thy very heart throbs speak;
Sweetheart, to chide I am too weak,
My heart, so hotly beating,
Is still thy name repeating;
Sweetheart, to still it seek!

Text Authorship:

  • by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918), appears in Told in the Gate, first published 1892 [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 George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Sweetheart, thy lips are touched with flame", from Lyrics from "Told in the Gate", no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-20
Line count: 18
Word count: 105

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