Thy dark eyes to mine

Thy dark eyes to mine, Eilidh,
Lamps of desire!
O how my soul leaps
Leaps to their fire!

Sure, now, if I in heaven,
Dreaming in bliss,
Heard but [a]1 whisper,
But the lost echo even
9:   Of [one such]2 kiss -- 

All of the Soul of me
Would leap afar -- 
If that called me to thee
Aye, I would leap afar
A falling star!

by Fiona Macleod (1885-1905) [pseudonym] , "Thy dark eyes to mine", from From the Hills of Dream, published 1901

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

by Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (1883-1953) , "Thy dark eyes to mine", published 1906 [baritone and piano], from A Celtic Song-Cycle, no. 3.
by H. Grant Fletcher (1913-) , "Thy dark eyes to mine" [tenor and piano]
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) , "Thy dark eyes to mine", op. 11 (Three Poems of Fiona Macleod) no. 2, A. 58 (1918), published 1919. [high voice and piano or orchestra]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Thy dark eyes to mine", op. 77 (Six Sets of Five Songs Each for Voice and Pianoforte, Set VI) no. 4 (1927). [voice and piano]
by Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945) , "Thy dark eyes to mine", published 1904 [voice and piano], from Five Songs, no. ?

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