The myrtles of Damascus, when they smile, Exalt my soul to some remote, high place — But O thy face! O my love! Roses of Baghdad, bathed in moonlight dew, Make my heart drunk when all their joy it sips — But O thy lips! O my love!
The Myrtles of Damascus
Song Cycle by Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919)
1. The myrtles of Damascus
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), no title, appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in Songs out of the Orient, in 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”), no. 7, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]2. After drought
Language: English
There came an army from the sky, And surged across the parchèd plain; I saw the hurrying hosts go by — The blue battalions of the rain. O mighty army (bringing peace!) How bright your helmets seemed to shine! Your cavalcades brought glad release, For God was Captain of the line!
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), "After drought", appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, no. 57, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908
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Confirmed with Charles Hanson Towne, The Quiet Singer and Other Poems B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 71.
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3. At nightfall
Language: English
I need so much the quiet of your love, After the day's loud strife; I need your calm all other things above, After the stress of life. I crave the haven that in your dear heart lies, After all toil is done; I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes, After the day's great sun!
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), "At nightfall", appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, no. 59, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908
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Confirmed with The Quiet Singer and Other Poems by Charles Hanson Towne, B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 73.
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4. I did not know
Language: English
I did not know the nightingale could fling Into one song the whole wild soul of Spring; I did not know — until I heard him sing. I did not know that Love held all of bliss — Yea, all that ever was, and all that is; I did not know — until I felt your kiss!
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), no title, appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic, no. 2, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908
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Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]5. L'envoi
Language: English
O in that hour when both of us are dead, When all of Life and Love at last is said, Will some red rose bloom o'er our graves to tell how our hearts bled? Or will a lily, in the starlit night, Lift its pale wonder and its waxen light, To tell the world how our poor hearts loved with a love most white?
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), no title, appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic, no. 3, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908
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Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]Total word count: 275