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.
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Word count: 59