by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864)
Deceive me once again
Language: English
You smiled, you spoke and I believed, By every word and smile deceived. Another man would hope no more, Nor hope I what I hoped before, But let not this last wish be in vain: Deceive me once again!
Authorship:
- by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864) [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 P(atrick) Peter Sacco (b. 1928), "Deceive me once again", published 1971 [ voice and piano ], Western International Music [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-28
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