by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Gifts
Language: English
I gave my first love laughter, I gave my second tears, I gave my third love silence Thru all the years. My first love gave me singing, My second eyes to see, [But oh, it was my third love Who gave my soul to me]1.
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1 Sowash: "But oh my third love/ Gave my soul to me"
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1 Sowash: "But oh my third love/ Gave my soul to me"
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Gifts", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [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 Eric De Lamarter (1880 - 1953), "Gifts", published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grace Hedge and by Agnes Booe , "Gifts" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Gifts", 1980 [ soprano and cello ], from Bright April, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 45