by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904)
Tell me the summer stars
Language: English
Tell me the summer stars How many shine? Number the threads In those tresses of thine! Count me the countless sands Fringing the sea; Even so often My thought is with thee. Mete me the arch Of the blue bending sky, Or the wide world of meaning That orbs in thine eye! Measure the gloomy caves Under the sea! Even so boundless My love is for thee.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904), "Song", appears in Poems Narrative and Lyrical, first published 1853 [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 Elizabeth Philp (1827 - 1885), "Tell me, the summer stars", published 1855. [text not verified]
- by Frederick Westlake (b. 1840), "Tell me, the summer stars", published [1869] [duet for 2 voices with piano], London: Cock [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 67