by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
The myrtles of Damascus See original
Language: English
The myrtles of Damascus, when they smile, Exalt my soul to some remote, high place — But O thy face! O my love! Roses of Baghdad, bathed in moonlight dew, Make my heart drunk when all their joy it sips — But O thy lips! O my love!
Composition:
- Set to music by Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "The myrtles of Damascus", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from The Myrtles of Damascus, no. 1, Boosey and Co., London
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), no title, appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in Songs out of the Orient, in 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”), no. 7, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908
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Line count: 6
Word count: 44