My Fair (Meynell, set by J. Ireland) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


My Fair, no beauty of thine will last
	Save in my love's eternity.
	Thy smiles, that light thee fitfully,
Are lost for ever - their moment past -
	Except the few thou givest to me.

Thy sweet words vanish day by day,
	As all breath of mortality.
	Thy laughter, done, must cease to be,
And all the dear tones pass away,
	Except the few that sing to me.

Hide then within my heart, oh, hide
	All thou are loth should go from thee.
	Be kinder to thyself and me.
My cupful from this river's tide
	Shall never reach the long sad sea.

Input by Ted Perry

Authorship

Alice Christina Meynell, née Thompson (1847-1922)

Preludes

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

John Ireland (1879-1962)

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