Two Red Indian Love Songs

Song Cycle by Evelyn Hope Squire (1878 - 1936)

1. Listen! tis my voice you hear

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2. Though you were at a distance  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Though you were at a distance,
Were upon some far-off island,
Such the spell I cast upon you,
Such the magic power of passion,
I could straightway draw you to me ! 

Though you were far from me
In the land of Sleep and Silence,
Still the voice of love would reach you ! 
Naked lies your heart before me,
To your naked heart I whisper!

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Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, London: Frederick Warne, 1889, page 293. Note: the text above is an excerpt from chapter XIV., "Picture-Writing". Many prose lines between the words of the song have been removed.


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