by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893)
The grief of love
Language: English
Now who is he on earth that lives, Who knows or with his tongue can say What grief to poor lovers it gives To love with loyal heart always? So bitter is their portion, yea, so hard their part! But this doth more confound my heart; Unloved to love, and still to pray! Thinking there on I swoon away.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "The grief of love", op. 19 no. 3, published 1894 [low voice and piano], from Five Norman Songs, no. 3, Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 59