by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Love's mandate
Language: English
Because thy heart to mine [Spake]1with 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]2 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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Confirmed with Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of the Press Throughout the World on All Important Current Topics, Volume 9, page 519.
1 Allitsen: "Spoke"
2 Allitsen: "wert"
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Confirmed with Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of the Press Throughout the World on All Important Current Topics, Volume 9, page 519.
1 Allitsen: "Spoke"
2 Allitsen: "wert"
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: 72