by Richard Watson Gilder (1844 - 1909)

Language: English 
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Not from the whole wide world I chose thee —
  Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea! 
The wide, wide world could not enclose thee, 
  For thou art the whole wide world to me.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Sweetheart", op. 43 (Six songs) no. 3, published 1899, copyright © 1899, stanza 1 [ high voice and piano ], Boston, Schmidt

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