Song Cycle by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952)

2. On a faded violet

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by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) , "On a faded violet", from The Literary Pocket-Book, published 1821

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by George Benjamin Arnold , "The colour from the flow'r is gone", published 1859 [medium voice and piano], Addison, Hollier & Lucas
by Henri Herz (1803-1888) , "Thee and only thee", published 1844 [medium voice and piano], in The Musical Bijou

The odour from the flower is gone
Which like thy kisses breathed on me;
The colour from the flower is flown
Which glowed of thee and only thee!

A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form.
It lies on my abandoned breast,
And mocks [the]2 heart which yet is warm,
With cold and silent rest.

I weep, -- my tears revive it not!
I sigh, -- it breathes no more on me;
Its mute and uncomplaining lot
Is such as mine should be.

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