Song Cycle by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym]

1. A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua

Authorship

by Arthur Symons (1865-1945) , "A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua", from London Nights, in Céleste, no. 11, published 1894

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St. Anthony of Padua whom I bear
In effigy about me, hear my prayer:
Kind Saint, who findest what is lost, I pray,
Bring back her heart - I lost it yesterday.

2. The sick heart

Authorship

by Arthur Symons (1865-1945) , title unknown, from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2, in The Loom of Dreams, published 1901

O sick heart, be at rest!
Is there nothing that I can do
To quiet your crying in my breast?
Will nothing comfort you?

"I am sick of a malady
There is but one thing can assuage:
Cure me of youth, and, see,
I will be wise in age!"

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