by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
I did not know the nightingale could...
Language: English
I did not know the nightingale could fling Into one song the whole wild soul of Spring; I did not know — until I heard him sing. I did not know that Love held all of bliss — Yea, all that ever was, and all that is; I did not know — until I felt your kiss!
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Confirmed with The Quiet Singer and Other Poems by Charles Hanson Towne, B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 131.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), no title, appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic, no. 2, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908 [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 Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "I did not know", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from The Myrtles of Damascus, no. 4, Boosey and Co., London [sung text checked 1 time]
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