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To a Neglectful Lover

Language: English

I could make you songs
    Beautiful and frail;
Since you will  not listen
    What will these avail?

I could paint my mouth--
    Brush and curl my hair;
Why should I be lovely
    Since you do not care?

Lights have beckoned me
    Uselessly.  My Dear--
How can I be happy
    While you are not here?


Input by Robert Baksa

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

Date added to the website: 2005-01-13.

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