by Caroline Alice Elgar, née Roberts (1848 - 1920)
Love alone will stay
Language: English
Closely cling, for winds drive fast,
Blossoms perish in the blast,
Love alone will last.
Closely let me hold thy hand,
Storms are sweeping sea and land,
Love alone will stand.
Kiss my lips, and softly say,
"Joy may go and sunlit day,
Love alone will stay."
Text Authorship:
- by Caroline Alice Elgar, née Roberts (1848 - 1920) [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 Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Love alone will stay", 1897, published 1898. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Edward Elgar, Sir.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 47