possibly by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825 - 1900)
Love, an if there be one
Language: English
Love, [an]1 if there be one, Come my love to be, My love is for the one Loving unto me. Not for me the show, love, Of a gilded bliss; Only thou must know, love, What my value is. If in all the earth, love, Thou hast none but me, This shall be my worth, love: To be cheap to thee. But, if so thou ever Strivest to be free, 'Twill be my endeavour To be dear to thee. So shall I have plea, love, Is thy heart and breath Clinging still to thee, love, In the doom of death.
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Text Authorship:
- possibly by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825 - 1900), no title, appears in Lorna Doone : a Romance of Exmoor, chapter XVI; referred to in the text as an "ancient song"., first published 1869 [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 Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), "Lorna's song", published 1934 [ voice and piano ], London : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Lorna's song", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alicia Adélaïda Needham (1863 - 1945), "Lorna Doone's song", published 1890? [ voice and piano ], from Four Lyrics, London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Colin Archibald Campbell Ross (1911 - 1993), "Lorna's song", published 1937 [ voice and piano ], London : J. B. Cramer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred J. Wood , "Love, an if there be one", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-29
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Word count: 100