by Adela Florence Nicolson (1865 - 1904), as Laurence Hope
Worth while
Language: English
I asked of my desolate shipwrecked soul "Wouldst thou rather never have met The one whom thou lovedst beyond control And whom thou adorest yet?" Back from the senses, the heart, the brain, Came the answer swiftly thrown, "What matter the price? We would pay it again, We have had, we have loved, we have known!"
Confirmed with Laurence Hope, Complete Love Lyrics, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906, page 270.
Text Authorship:
- by Adela Florence Nicolson (1865 - 1904), as Laurence Hope, "Worth while" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "Worth while", from Five Songs of Laurence Hope, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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