Tyrant Love

Where e'er Love be,
Tyrant he,
Without merci;
Plead as thou may,
Ah me!
He ne'er thy tears will see,
Ah me! Ah me!
Light wings hath he
As any bee
Let not him free,
For he alone,
Ah me!
He alone 
Can rule the kingdom he
Hath won,
Ah me!
Where e'er Love be,
Tyrant he,
Without merci,
But hold him close, ma mie,
As bishop to his see,
For me, for me!

Authorship

by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) , title unknown

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by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) , "Tyrant Love", op. 60 no. 1, published 1902, from Three Songs, no. 1.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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