Rondel

Love, love, what wilt thou
  with this heart,
  this heart of mine?
Naught see I [fixed or sure]1 in thee!
I do not know thee, nor what deeds are thine:

Love, what wilt thou
  with this heart,
  this heart of mine?
Nought see I fixed or sure in thee!
Nought see I fixed or sure in thee!

Shall I be mute, or vows with prayers combine?
Ye who are blessed in loving, tell it me:

Love, what wilt thou
  with this heart,
  this heart of mine?
Nought see I permanent or sure in thee,
Nought see I permanent or sure in thee:
Love, Love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine?

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , "Rondel", from The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published 1868

a text in French by Jean Froissart (1333?-1404?) [text unavailable]

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 Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) , "Love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine?", published 1892. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) , "Rondel", op. 16 (7 Lieder) no. 3 (1894), first performed 1897, from Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar, no. 6, first published as op. 16 no. 3 in 1896, republished 1907 with German words, also set in German
by Philip Gordon (1894-?) , "Love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine?", published 1957. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Willy B. Manson , "Love! What wilt thou with this heart of mine?", published 1919 [voice and piano], from Songs of Love and Youth
by Sydney Thomson , "Love, Love, what wilt thou", published 1901. [partsong for SATB a cappella]

by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) , "Rondel", 1892, published 1907, first performed 1897 [voice and piano], from Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar, no. 6, also set in English

Date added to the website: 2003-11-05.

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