by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893)
Desire
Language: English
O Love, my love and perfect bliss! God in His goodness grant me this -- I see thee soon again. Nought else I need to take away The grief that for thy sake away Doth keep me in great pain. Alas! I know not what to do, Nor how to get good news and true: Dear God, I pray to Thee: If else Thou canst not comfort me, Of thy great mercy make that he Send speedy news to me. Within my father's garden walls There is a tree, -- when April falls It blossometh away. There wend I oft in winter drear, Yea, and in spring, the winds to hear, The sweet winds at their play.
Authorship:
- by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893) [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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Desire", op. 19 no. 5, published 1894 [low voice and piano], from Five Norman Songs, no. 5, Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 18
Word count: 115