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Little Love Poems

Song Cycle by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

1. Inconstancy
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Blue eyes, gray eyes,
All the eyes that be,
Hold within their changing depths
Wealth of charm to me.

Dark-eyed maid, of moment's fancy,
Gay as stars above;
Is it you that I adore,
Or is it Love I love?

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919), appears in The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics, first published 1918

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2. Love
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Love is the soothing voice of gods
To which men ever list.
Love is the ease of soul's travail
And sorrow's alchemist.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919), appears in The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics, first published 1918

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3. Memories
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
The burnished glow of the old-gold moon
Shines brightly over me.
A thousand stars, like a thousand isles
In a dark and placid sea,
Bring memories of a golden night,
Bedecked in Autumn's hue
And fragrant with the lilac's bloom,
That brought me joy -- and you.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919), "Memories", appears in The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics, first published 1918

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Total word count: 108
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