by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
There is no one beside thee and no one...
Language: English
There is no one beside thee and no one above thee, Thou standest alone as the nightgale sings! And my words that would praise thee are impotent things, For none can express thee though all should approve thee. I love thee so, Dear, that I only can love thee. Say, what can I do for thee? weary thee, grieve thee? Lean on thy shoulder, new burdens to add? Weep my tears over thee, making thee sad? Oh, hold me not -- love me not! let me retrieve thee. I love thee so, Dear, that I only can leave thee.
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Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), "Insufficiency", appears in Poems, New [2nd] Edition, Volume II, first published 1850 [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 Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir (1852 - 1935), "Insufficiency" [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Beach Hawley (1858 - 1915), "I only can love thee", published 1898 [ low voice and piano ], from Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theophilus Julius Henry Marzials (1850 - 1920), "Leaving yet loving", 1881 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Janie Alexander Patterson , "There is no one beside thee", 1935 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Patton , "Insufficiency" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Philp (1827 - 1885), "Insufficiency", published <<1869? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Stainer (1840 - 1901), "Insufficiency", published 1869 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Williams (1847 - 1923), as Florian Pascal, "There is no one beside thee", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Songs (5th set) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir.
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Word count: 98