I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them; God hath no better praise, And man in his hasty days Is honoured for them. I too will something make And joy in the making! Altho' tomorrow it seem' Like the empty words of a dream Remembered, on waking.
Two Songs
Song Cycle by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935)
1. I love all beauteous things  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Poems, first published 1890
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Language: English
V. Love is a swallow Flitting with spring: Though we would follow, Love is a swallow, All his vows hollow: Than let us sing, Love is a swallow Flitting with spring.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Vestigia", appears in Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc., ed. Gleeson White, New York: D. Appleton and Company, pages 235-236, first published 1888
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