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by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)

If love were what the rose is
 (Sung text for setting by V. Herbert)
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Language: English 
If love were what the rose is,
  And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Blown fields or flowerful closes,
  Green pleasure or grey grief;
If love were what the rose is,
  And I were like the leaf.

 ... 

If you were April's lady,
  And I were lord in May,
We 'd throw with leaves for hours
And draw for days with flowers,
Till day like night were shady
  And night were bright like day;
If you were April's lady,
  And I were lord in May.

Composition:

    Set to music by Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924), "If love were what the rose is", published 1907, stanzas 1,5 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs by Algernon Charles Swinburne, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909), "A match", appears in Poems and Ballads, first published 1866

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-27
Line count: 48
Word count: 281

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