by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)
Love and Sleep
Language: English
I have laid sorrow to sleep; Love sleeps. She who oft made me weep Now weeps. I loved, and have forgot, And yet Love tells me she will not Forget. She it was bid me go; Love goes By what strange ways, ah! no One knows. Because I cease to weep, She weeps. Here by the sea in sleep, Love sleeps.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Love and Sleep" [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Love and Sleep", 1909, published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 61