by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)
Vain, all in vain! O Love, thou dost not...
Language: English
Vain, all in vain! O Love, thou dost not hear; Thou art too lost in sleep to wake again; In vain my song, in vain the falling tear, Vain, all in vain! She will not wake again till Gabriel sings; For any mortal music we can make. My lute and I, with these heart-broicen strings, She will not wake. Sleep then, ah! sleep -- if slumber be thy will; We would not vex thee, though we needs must weep. Of slumber everlasting take thy fill -- Sleep then, ah! sleep.
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Text Authorship:
- by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947), "Requiem", appears in New Poems, first published 1910 [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 Gena Branscombe (1881 - 1977), "Sleep, then, ah sleep!" [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 89