by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919)
Inconstancy
Language: English
Blue eyes, gray eyes, All the eyes that be, Hold within their changing depths Wealth of charm to me. Dark-eyed maid, of moment's fancy, Gay as stars above; Is it you that I adore, Or is it Love I love?
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919), appears in The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics, first published 1918 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Inconstancy", 2011 [baritone and piano], from Little Love Poems, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 40