by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919)
Love
Language: English
Love is the soothing voice of gods To which men ever list. Love is the ease of soul's travail And sorrow's alchemist.
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), "Love", 2011 [baritone and piano], from Little Love Poems, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 22