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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Think not my love
Language: English 
Think not my love, when secret grief
Prays on thy saddened heart.
Think not I wish a mean relief
Or would from sorrow part.
Dearly I prize the sight sincere
That my true fondness prove.
Nor could I bear to check the tear
That flows from hapless love.
Alas, for doomed to hope in vain
the joy that love requite
Yet will I cherish all its pain
with sad but dear delight.
This pleasured grief this love despair
My loss for ever be.
But dearest, may the pangs I bear
be never known by thee.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 George Linley (1798 - 1865), "Think not my love" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-11-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 95

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