by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915)
The way that lovers use
Language: English
The way that lovers use is this; They bow, catch hands, with never a word, And their lips meet, and they do kiss, -- So I have heard. They queerly find some healing so, And strange attainment in the touch; There is a secret lovers know, -- I have read as much. And theirs no longer joy nor smart, Changing or ending, night or day; But mouth to mouth, and heart on heart, -- So lovers say.
First published in Poetry and Drama, December 1913
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Text Authorship:
- by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915), "The way that lovers use" [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 Bainbridge Crist (1883 - 1969), "The way that lovers use", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph Ganz (1877 - 1972), "The way that lovers use", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "The way that lovers use", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by S. J. Rowton , "The way that lovers use", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Corbett C. Sumsion , "The way that lovers use", <<1936, from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marjo Tal (1915 - 2006), "The way that lovers use", 1978, from After, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 74