by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Winds are loud and you are dumb
Language: English
Winds are loud and you are dumb: Take my love, for love will come, Love will come but once a life, Love will come but once a life. Winds are loud and winds will pass! Spring is here with leaf and grass: Take my love and be my wife, Take my love and be my wife! After loves of maids and men Are but dainties drest again. Love me now, you'll love me then. Love can love but once a life, Love can love but once a life.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Windows, or The Loves of the Wrens, no. 8, first published 1867, rev. 1871 [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 Arthur Sullivan, Sir (1842 - 1900), "No answer", published 1871 [voice and piano], from The Window, or The Songs of the Wrens, no. 8. [text not verified]
- by Sidney Thomson , "No answer", published 1893 [voice and piano], from The Window or the Song of the Wrens [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
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Word count: 88