by James Thomson (1834 - 1882)
The vine
Language: English
The vine of Love is music, And the feast of Love is song: And when Love sits down to the banquet, Love sits long and arises drunken, But not with the feast and the wine; He reeleth with his own heart, That great, rich Vine.
Text Authorship:
- by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) [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 Jean Mary Anderson (b. 1939), "The vine", 1989, from Three Songs for Baritone, Flute and Piano, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), "The vine", from Three Songs, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 45