by Mathilde Blind (1841 - 1896)
Brown eyes
Language: English
Oh, brown Eyes with long black lashes,
Young brown Eyes,
Depths of night from which there flashes
Lightning as of summer skies,
Beautiful brown Eyes!
In your veiled mysterious splendour
Passion lies
Sleeping, but with sudden tender
Dreams that fill with vague surmise
Beautiful brown Eyes.
All my soul, with yearning shaken,
Asks in sighs--
Who will see your heart awaken,
Love's divine sunrise
In those young brown Eyes?
Note: first published in The Ascent of Man (1889) as part of "Love in Exile".
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Text Authorship:
- by Mathilde Blind (1841 - 1896), "Brown eyes", appears in Songs and Sonnets, first published 1893 [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 Teresa del Riego (c1876 - 1968), "Brown eyes", published 1906 [ voice and piano ], London : Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-29
Line count: 15
Word count: 70