by Harold Boulton, Sir (1859 - 1935)
Constancy
Language: English
My heart that burns like the noon-tide, Has waited the long day through, And still in the gloaming I long for your coming, As flowers faint for the dew. Oh! come in the cool of the ev'ning, Like a soft wind out of the west; Oh! come like the swallow that flies o'er the fallow, Homeward at night to the nest. The nightingale in the garden Cries "Look, look, look, truant love; The pale stars glimmer, the moonbeams shimmer, And glide through the leaves above." Ah me! but the midnight passes, I linger and know not why; Though you come never, I hope for ever, For a lover must hope or die.
Authorship:
- by Harold Boulton, Sir (1859 - 1935) [author's text not yet checked 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 Joseph Barnby, Sir (1838 - 1896), "Constancy" [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-06
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Word count: 112