Let me confess that we two must be...

Let me confess that we two must be twain,
Although our undivided loves are one:
So shall those blots that do with me remain
Without thy help by me be borne alone.
In our two loves there is but one respect,
Though in our lives a separable spite,
Which though it alter not love's sole effect,
Yet doth it steal sweet hours from love's delight.
I may not evermore acknowledge thee,
Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame,
Nor thou with public kindness honour me,
Unless thou take that honour from thy name:
But do not so; I love thee in such sort
As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from Sonnets, no. 36

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

by David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) , "Let me confess that we two must be twain", from We Two, no. 2.
by Björn Johansson , no title, 1970-3, first performed 1976 [soprano, two violins, viola, violoncello], from ...notes of Music
by Eustace O'Connor , "Let me confess", published 1896. [high voice and piano]
by Richard Simpson (-1876) , "Sonnet 36", 1865. [soprano and alto duet with piano]

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

Date added to the website: 2005-08-31.

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