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by Alice Cary (1820 - 1871)

Dear heart, a love so truly true
Language: English 
Dear heart, a love so truly true
   Not Heaven itself opposes,
Blown softly like the morning dew
   Among the blowing roses,--
From you to me, from me to you,
   Like dew among the roses!
 
Ay, more, a love so free from stain
   High Heaven alone discloses,--
Blown affluent as the morning rain
   Among the blowing roses,--
From me to you, and back again,
   Like rain among the roses!
 
Sweet heart, it seemeth to my view
   The sweetest of all posies,--
From you to me, from me to you,
   Like rain among the roses,--
Like dew and rain, like rain and dew
   Among the blowing roses!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Alice Cary (1820 - 1871), no title, appears in A Lover's Diary, in 10. Mona's Songs, no. 6, New York: Lovell Printing and Publishing Co., pages 203-204, first published 1876 [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 Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "Dear heart, a love so truly true", published 1917 [voice and piano], from Four Songs, no. 3, Boston, New York : A. P. Schmidt Co. [
     text not verified 
    ]

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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 105

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