by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
There is no good of life but love ‑‑ but...
Language: English
There is no good of life but love -- but love! What else looks good, is some shade flung from love; Love gilds it, gives it worth. Be warned by me. Never you cheat yourself one instant! Love, Give love, ask only love, and leave the rest!
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), no title, appears in Men and Women, first published 1855 [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 Elsie M. Cowley , "But Love" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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