For ever mine (Boulton, set by C. Stanford) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I liken my love to a gossamer
Afloat on the summer air,
And wish that I were the west wind,
Her form on my wings to bear;
She is so daintily delicate,
So pure, so rare.

I liken my love to a butterfly
By a bower of roses flown,
The flowers my fellows are sleeping,
And I am awake alone;
I open my petals to welcome her
To her fairy throne.

I liken my love to a hundred things
In the realm of fancy fine,
Wherein I follow and woo her
In the core of my heart to twine;
O may she peacefully nestle there,
For ever mine.

Input by Ted Perry

Authorship

Sir Harold Boulton (1859-1935)

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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

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