by James Weldon Johnson (1871 - 1938)
Your lips are wine
Language: English
Your lips are wine, -- O Heart's Desire, Give me the flame Of their passion-kindling fire; The world melts away In the glow of your kiss, And leaves just you and me, Alone in silent bliss. Your lips again, Give them to mine, One more full draught Of their nectar'd anodyne. In the fold of your arms Lull me softly, softly until There comes the wondrous calm Of love so deep and still.
Text Authorship:
- by James Weldon Johnson (1871 - 1938) [author's text not yet checked 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 Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "Your lips are wine", published 1915 [ medium voice and piano ], from Passionale, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 72