I love thee

I love thee -- I love thee!
  'Tis all that I can say;--
It is my vision in the night,
  My dreaming in the day;
The very echo of my heart,
  The blessing when I pray:
I love thee -- I love thee!
  Is all that I can say.

I love thee -- I love thee!
  Is ever on my tongue;
In all my proudest poesy
  That chorus still is sung;
It is the verdict of my eyes,
  Amidst the gay and young:
I love thee -- I love thee!
  A thousand maids among.

I love thee -- I love thee!
  Thy bright hazel glance,
The mellow lute upon those lips,
  Whose tender tones entrance;
But most, dear heart of hearts, thy proofs
  That still these words enhance,
I love thee -- I love thee!
  Whatever be thy chance.

by Thomas Hood (1799-1845) , "I love thee", from Friendship's Offering, published 1827

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

by Joseph H. Adams (-1938) , "I love thee", published <<1931. [voice and piano]
by Archibald Davidson Arnott (1870-1910) , "I love thee", published <<1894. [baritone and piano]
by Ellen Cowdell , "I love thee", published 1902 [voice and piano], from Vocalist
by Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) , "I love thee", published 1886. [voice and piano]
by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854-1927) , "I love thee"
by William Gardiner Hammond (1874-1945) , "I love thee", published <<1929. [medium voice and piano]
by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "I love thee", published 1912. [SATB a cappella]
by Bruno Siegfried Huhn (1871-1950) , "I love thee", published <<1929. [voice and piano]
by Noel Johnson , "I love thee", published 1890. [voice and violoncello or violin obbligato]
by Walter E. Loud , "I love thee", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by Ella Overbeck , "I love thee", first performed 1891. [voice and piano]
by John Pointer (-1934) , "I love thee", op. 10 no. ?, published 1906 [tenor and piano], from Three Songs for Tenor
by Anton Strelezki (1859-) [pseudonym] , "I love thee", published <<1940. [medium voice and piano]
by Hope Temple (1859-1938) [pseudonym] , "I love thee", alternate title: "'Tis all that I can say", published <<1929. [voice and piano]
by Herbert Townsend , "I love thee", published 1891. [voice and piano]
by Theophil Wendt , "I love thee", published 1901 [voice and piano], from Six Songs

Date added to the website: 2008-01-10.

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