Heart, my heart, yield not to sadness; Be submissive to thy fate; And spring restoreth -- only wait -- All that winter steals from gladness. Think but how much there still is left thee, Think but how fair the world is still; Heart, my heart, befall what will, Love can never be bereft thee.
Two Songs
Song Cycle by Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876 - 1968)
2. Heart, my heart [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Ernest Radford (1857 - 1919), "Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 108, first published 1887
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 46
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