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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

I would live in your love
Language: English 
I would live in your love
  as the sea grasses live in the sea,
Borne up by each wave as it passes,
  drawn down by each wave that recedes;
I would empty my soul of the dreams
  that have gathered in me,
I would beat with your heart as it beats,
  I would follow your soul as it leads.

Text Authorship:

  • by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911 [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 Michael Djupstrom (b. 1980), "I would live in your love" [ voice and piano ], from Three Teasdale songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christopher H. Harris , "I would live in your love" [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Poems of Sara Teasdale, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean Eichelberger Ivey (b. 1923), "I would live in your love", published 1982, in the collection American Artsong Anthology, vol. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bain Murray (b. 1926), "I would live in your love", published 1974, from Flame and Shadow [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 59

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