by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)
Love is a swallow See original
Language: English
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Love is a swallow
Flitting with spring:
Though we would follow,
Love is a swallow,
All his vows hollow:
Than let us sing,
Love is a swallow
Flitting with spring.
Composition:
- Set to music by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "Love is a swallow", published 1900, stanza 5 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 2, London, C. Vincent
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Vestigia", appears in Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc., ed. Gleeson White, New York: D. Appleton and Company, pages 235-236, first published 1888
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Line count: 45
Word count: 202