by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
Your heart has trembled to my tongue
Language: English
Your heart has trembled to my tongue, Your hands in mine have lain, Your thought to me has leaned and clung, Again and yet again, My dear, Again and yet again. Now die the dream, or come the wife, The past is not in vain, For wholly as it was your life Can never be again, My dear, Can never be again.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Your heart has trembled to my tongue", op. 16 (Seven songs) no. 1 (1913), published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "Your heart has trembled", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Echoes [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
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Word count: 62