by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
Love, if you knew the light See original
Language: English
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XV.
Love, if you knew the light
That your soul casts in my sight,
How I look to you
For the pure and true
And the beauteous and the right,---
Bear with a moment's spite
When a mere mote threats the white!
Composition:
- Set to music by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Love, if you knew the light", stanza 15 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "A lovers' quarrel", appears in Men and Women, first published 1855
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-24
Line count: 176
Word count: 868