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by William Henry Gardner (1865 - 1932)

For sweet love's sake
Language: English 
For sweet love's sake,
I pray thee take,
This little knot of blue,
It only shows,
The love that glows,
Within thy heart so true.
But shouldst thou find,
Love is unkind,
Grieve not, o lovely maid,
Grieve not, grieve not,
For winds will blow,
And tears will flow,
Before love's debt is paid,
For sweet love's sake,
I pray thee take,
This little knot of blue.

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Text Authorship:

  • by William Henry Gardner (1865 - 1932) [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 Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "For sweet love's sake", op. 40 no. 4, published 1890, from Six Love Songs, no. 4. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 67

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