by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Far across the desert sands
Language: English
Far across the desert sands, I hear the camel-bells; Merchants have come from alien lands, With stuffs, and gems, and silken bands, Back where their old love dwells. O my belovèd, far away Are cities by the sea; Yet should I go to far Cathay For many a weary night and day, My dreams were still of thee.
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Confirmed with The Quiet Singer and Other Poems by Charles Hanson Towne, B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 124.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), no title, appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in 86. A Lover in Damascus, no. 1, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908 [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 Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "Far across the desert sands", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from A lover in Damascus, no. 1, Boosey & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
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