by Charles Mackay (1814 - 1889)
I love my love
Language: English
What is the meaning of the song That rings so clear and loud? O nightingale amid the grove, O lark above the cloud. What says the song, thou joyous thrush, Up in the walnut-tree? I love my love because I know My love loves me What is the meaning of thy thought, O maiden fair and young? There is such pleasure in thine eye, Such music on thy tongue. There is such glory on thy face, What can the meaning be? I love my love, because I know, My love loves me. O happy words at Beauty's feet, We sing them ere our prime, And as the early summers pass And care comes on with time. Still, be it ours, in care's despite, to join the chorus free: I love my love, because I know, My love loves me.
Authorship:
- by Charles Mackay (1814 - 1889) [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 Alfred Humphries Pease (1838 - 1882), "I love my love", 1872 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-22
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Word count: 139