Five Love Songs

Song Cycle by Leslie R. Bassett (b. 1923)

1. Love, like a mountain wind

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2. The tides of love

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3. To my dear and loving husband  [sung text not yet checked]

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If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. 
If ever wife [was]1 happy in a man, 
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor [ought]2 but love from thee give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay;
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. 
Then while we live, in love let's so [persever]3,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.

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Confirmed with The Complete Works of Anne Bradstreet, 1981.

1 Wilkinson: "were"
2 Wilkinson: "aught"
3 Rorem: "persevere"

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4. Teach me your mood, O patient stars
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Teach me your mood, O patient stars 
Who climb each night, the ancient sky, 
leaving on space no shade, no scars, 
no trace of age, no fear to die.

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5. Madrigal

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Total word count: 136