Brown-thrush singing all day long
In the leaves above me,
Take my love this April song,
"Love me, love me, love me!"
When he harkens what you say,
Bid him, lest he miss me,
Leave his work or leave his play,
And kiss me, kiss me kiss me!
Three Love Songs on Poems by Sarah Teasdale
Song Cycle by Rick Sowash (b. 1950)
Written specially for Diane Haslam
1. Youthful Love: "Love Me" [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Love Me", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Unrequited Love: "Night Song at Amalfi" [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
I asked the heaven of stars What I should give my love -- It answered me with silence, Silence above. I asked the darkened sea Down where the fishers go -- It answered me with silence, Silence below. Oh, I could give him weeping, Or I could give him song -- But how can I give silence My whole life long?
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Night Song at Amalfi", appears in Rivers to the Sea, in Vignettes Overseas, no. 5, first published 1915
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. Love at the End: "Let it be You"
Language: English
Let it be you who lean above me
On my last day,
Let it be you who shut my eyelids
Forever and aye.
Say a "Goodnight" as you have said it
All of these years,
With the old look, with the old whisper
And without tears.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), first published <<1925
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garth Baxter , Paul Ezust [Guest Editor]Total word count: 175