by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966)

I want to die while you love me
 (Sung text for setting by H. Burleigh)
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Language: English 
I want to die while you love me,
While yet you hold me fair,
While laughter lies upon my lips
And lights are in my hair.

I want to die while you love me,
And bear to that still bed,
Your kisses turbulent, unspent
To warm me when I'm dead.

I want to die while you love me
Oh, who would care to live
Till love has nothing more to ask
And nothing more to give!

I want to die while you love me
And never, never see
The glory of this perfect day
Grow dim or cease to be.

Composition:

    Set to music by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "I want to die while you love me", 1919 [ voice and piano ]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 100