by Louise Chandler Moulton (1835 - 1908)
Love plumes his wings
Language: English
Love plumes his wings to fly away, And laughs to scorn our idle pain: Ah, vain it is to laugh and pray! Love plumes his wings to fly away: What prayer of ours his flight can stay When, mocking us with high disdain, Love plumes his wings to fly away, And laughs to scorn our idle pain?
Text Authorship:
- by Louise Chandler Moulton (1835 - 1908), "Love plumes his wings", appears in The Garden of Dreams: Lyrics and Sonnets , first published 1890 [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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Love plumes his wings", op. 2, first performed 1893. [SSAA chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Love plumes his wings", op. 11, first performed 1893. [SATB chorus] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 57