Love Songs

Song Cycle by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964)

1. Eloise to Abelard
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Curse on all laws but those which love has made!
Love, free as air at sight of human ties,
Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.

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  • by Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), no title, in "Eloise to Abelard", line 74

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2. A serenade
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Look out upon the stars, my love,
 ...

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3. Cor Cordium
 (Sung text)

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 ... 
Love is a beautiful dream,  ... !

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4. Jacqueline
 (Sung text)

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 ...  She was as good as she was fair,
None -- none on Earth above her!
As pure in thought as angels are:
To know her was to love her.

Text Authorship:

  • by Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855), no title, in the poem "Jacqueline", part 1, beginning of stanza 5

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5. Don Juan
 (Sung text)

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Alas, the love of women! it is known
To be a lovely and a fearful thing.

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6. Romeo and Juliet
 (Sung text)

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For stony limits cannot hold love out.

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7. Love
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
All mankind love a lover.

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Total word count: 264