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by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945)

Gray are Love's gentle eyes
Language: English 
Gray are Love's gentle eyes 
  And in them stay 
Sweet thoughts and wise :
This sure no one denies, 
  For Phyllis' eyes are gray.

Red is Love's mouth, as though 
  On roses fed :
This do I know,
Since Phyllis' lips do show
  A like sweet damask-red.

Brown is Love's hair, and bright, 
  And soft as down,
And curling light 
Around a forehead white,
  And Phyllis' hair is brown.

Sweet is true Love, but shy 
  As a young dove 
Just taught to fly 
All this right well know I, 
  For Phyllis is my Love !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945), "On being asked by Phyllis for a picture of Love" [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 Homer Newton Bartlett (1845 - 1920), "Gray are love's gentle eyes", published 1895. [voice and piano] [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-22
Line count: 20
Word count: 92

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