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Five Love Songs

Song Cycle by Leslie R. Bassett (1923-)


1. Love, like a mountain wind

Language: English

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2. The tides of love

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3. To my dear and loving husband

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If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; 
If ever wife was happy in a man, 
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold 
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. 
Then while we live, in love let's so persevere
That when we live no more, we may live ever.


4. Teach me your mood, O patient stars

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Teach me your mood, O patient stars 
Who climb each night, the ancient sky, 
leaving on space no shade, no scars, 
no trace of age, no fear to die.


5. Madrigal

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