by Humbert Wolfe (1885 - 1940)
Things lovelier Matches base text
Language: English
You cannot dream things lovelier than the first love I had of her. Nor air is any as magic shaken as her breath in the first kiss taken. And who, in dreaming, understands her hands stretched like a blind man's hands? Open, trembling, wise they were - You cannot dream things lovelier.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Things lovelier", op. 48 no. 2, H. 174 no. 2 (1929), published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Humbert Wolfe (1885 - 1940), "Things lovelier", appears in The Unknown Goddess, first published 1925
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Line count: 16
Word count: 51