by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919)
Reward
Language: English
Out of the silence
I come to you,
Bringing a love
Free as the dew.
I come and sing
A heart's great love,
And passion of soul
Pure as a dove.
But this I crave
As you pass by--
A smile on your lips,
A light in your eye.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919), first published 1922 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Reward", 2013 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 50