by James Weldon Johnson (1871 - 1938)
Your eyes so deep
Language: English
Your eyes so deep and tender are, Soft with the glamour of a star, Bright with the gentle light that lies In placid streams and sunny skies; Your eyes so tender are. And yet, those melting, smiling eyes, From out their depths so sweet, Have lanced a cruel, piercing dart; And now my wounded, bleeding heart Lies captive at your feet. Your lips are like a sweet, red rose, That in some scented garden grows; A dewy rose, so sweet and red, That blooms amidst a lily bed; Your lips are like a rose. And yet, those velvet-petal’d lips A honey’d poison brew, That through my veins has run like fire, And filled my soul with love’s desire, And left me mad for you.
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 eyes so deep", published 1915 [ medium voice and piano ], from Passionale, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-03-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 124