Dear hands (Henley, set by F. Lambert) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Dear hands, so many times so much
   When the spent year was green and prime,
Come, take your fill, and touch
   This one poor time.

Dear lips, that could not leave unsaid
   One sweet-souled syllable of delight,
Once more -- and be as dead
   In the dead night.

Dear eyes, so fond to read in mine
   The message of our counted years,
Look your proud last, nor shine
   Through tears -- through tears.

Authorship

William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)

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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)

Frank Lambert [pseudonym]

Date added to the website: 2008-01-19.

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