The sweetest songs I ever sing
Language: English
The sweetest songs I ever sing Are those I sing to you; The deepest thoughts that I can bring Are thoughts I never knew, Until your soft eyes, questioning, Had made me question too: The sweetest songs I ever sing Are those I sing to you. My soul lies open to your sight When all the world's away, Like that pale flower that at night, As ancient legends say, Unfolds beneath the moon's clear light And dies at dawn of day. The sweetest songs I ever sing, I sing to you alway.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "The sweetest songs I ever sing", published 1892 [voice and piano], London : Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Charles Willeby (1865 - 1955), "The sweetest songs I ever sing", published 1912. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 92