Indian Love (Procter, set by W. Bennett) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Tell me not that thou dost love me,
Though it thrill me with delight:
Thou art like the stars above me,
I the lowly earth at night.

Hast thou, thou from kings descended,
Lov'd the Indian cottage born;
And shall she whom love befriended,
Darken all thy hopeful morn?

Go! and for thy father's glory,
Wed the blood that's pure and free,
'Tis enough to gild my story,
That I once was loved by thee!

Authorship

Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874)

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

William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875)

German

Set in German, a translation of Karl Klingemann (1798-1862) GER

William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875)

Date added to the website: 2003-12-07.

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