If death be good, Why do the gods not die? If life be ill, Why do the gods still live? If love be naught, Why do the gods still love? If love be all, What should men do but love?
If love be all
Set by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "If love be all", 2009 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [Sung Text]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Text Authorship:
- by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929), no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 74, first published 1903
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Love is so strong a thing, The very gods must yield, When it is welded fast With the unflinching truth. Love is so frail a thing, A word, a look, will kill. Oh lovers, have a care How ye do deal with love.
Text Authorship:
- by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929), appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 86, first published 1903
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929)