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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Gifts
Language: English 
I gave my first love laughter,
      I gave my second tears,
I gave my third love silence
      Thru all the years.

My first love gave me singing,
      My second eyes to see,
[But oh, it was my third love
      Who gave my soul to me]1.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Sowash 

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1 Sowash: "But oh my third love/ Gave my soul to me"

Text Authorship:

  • by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Gifts", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Eric De Lamarter (1880 - 1953), "Gifts", published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Grace Hedge and by Agnes Booe , "Gifts" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Gifts", 1980 [ soprano and cello ], from Bright April, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

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