On parting

The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left,
Shall never part from mine,
Till happier hours restore the gift
Untainted back to thine.

Thy parting glance, which fondly beams,
An equal love, may see;
[The]1 tear that from thine eyelid streams
Can weep no change in me.

I ask no pledge to make me blest
In gazing when alone;
Nor one memorial for a breast
Whose thoughts are all thine own.

Nor need I write - to tell the tale
My pen were doubly weak:
Oh! What can idle words avail,
Unless the heart could speak?

By day or night, in weal or woe,
[This]1 heart, no longer free,
Must bear the love it cannot show,
And silent ache for thee.

by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) , "On parting", from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, published 1812

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

by William Aspull , "The kiss dear maid", published 1820? [voice and piano]
by Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi (1845-1924) , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1883. [tenor and piano]
by John G. Barnett (1802-1890) , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1877. [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by John Beale , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1817. [voice and piano]
by Herbert Bedford (1867-1945) , "On parting", published <<1929. [voice and piano]
by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left", WoO. 153 (20 Irische Lieder mit Begleitung von Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncello) no. 9, G. 224 no. 9, published 1814/6, stanzas 1-3,5. [voice, piano, violin, violoncello]
by Henry Rowley Bishop (1785-1855) , "Canzonett", 182-? [medium voice and piano]
by J. Chadwick , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1841. [voice and piano]
by Ernest Ford , "On parting", published 1897. [high voice and piano]
by Rosa Guerini née Wilberforce , "The kiss", published 1878. [tenor and piano]
by Emil Kreuz (1867-1932) , "On parting", published 1891 [tenor or soprano and piano], from 4 songs, no. ?
by (Wilhelm) Bernhard Molique (1802-1869) , "On parting", published 1866. [voice and piano]
by Frederick R. Moseley , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1904. [voice and piano]
by Alfred Frederick Mullen , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1854. [voice and piano]
by Isaac Nathan (1790-1864) , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1815. [voice and piano]
by John Parry , "The parting pledge", published 1818-21. [voice and piano]
by Mary Southcote , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1815? [high voice and piano], from Six Songs & Duetts [sic], no. ?
by Madame Colonel [sic] Target , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1821. [voice and harp or piano]
by John Bianchi Taylor , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1818, copyright © 1818. [voice and piano]
by Wilbraham John Tollemache , "On parting", published 1889. [baritone and piano]
by R. Manners Williams , "The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left", published 1877. [voice and piano]
by Thomas Williams , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1817? [voice and piano]
by Venceslao Hugo Zavertal , "On parting", published 1883. [voice and piano]

by A. M. C. Patti , "Il baccio d'addio", published 1867. [voice and piano], also set in French

by A. M. C. Patti , "Le baiser d'adieu", published 1867. [voice and piano], also set in Italian

GER German [singable] (G. Pertz)
FRE French (Isabelle Cecchini)

Date added to the website: 2005-01-12.

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