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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Love's mandate
Language: English 
Because thy heart to mine
Spakewith a call divine,
I did not question it, nor wait to know
That it was wise to give surrender so,
But down beneath thy feet I laid me low.
I did not wait to find
That thou wast loving, generous and kind,
That love for thee would bring delight or woe,
But, from within me or above,
The mandate came to love thee, and I love!

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•   F. Allitsen 

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Confirmed with Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of the Press Throughout the World on All Important Current Topics, Volume 9, page 519.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, 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 Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Love's mandate", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Moods and Tenses (Phases in a Love Drama) - Cycle of Eight Songs, no. 2, London, New York: Boosey & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 75

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