Because your voice was at my side I gave him pain, Because within my hand I held Your hand again. There is no word nor any sign Can make amend He is a stranger to me now Who was my friend.
Two Lyric Poems
Song Cycle by Robert Michael Lombardo (b. 1932)
1. Because your voice was at my side [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 17, first published 1907
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Never seek to tell thy love [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Never seek to tell thy love Love that never told [can]1 be; For the gentle wind does move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart, [Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears]2 -- Ah, she [doth]3 depart. Soon as she was gone from me [A traveller came by]4 Silently, invisibly -- [He took her with a sigh]5.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Love's Secret"
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Stöhr: "shall"
2 Stöhr: "Trembling between hope and fear"
3 Stöhr: "did"
4 Stöhr: "A boy chanced going by"
5 Leoni: "O, was no deny"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
Total word count: 103