Love-Free (Teasdale, set by E. De Lamarter) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I am free of love as a bird flying south in the autumn,
Swift and intent, asking no joy from another,
Glad to forget all of the passion of April
      Ere it was love-free.

I am free of love, and I listen to music lightly,
But if he returned, if he should look at me deeply,
I should awake, I should awake and remember
      I am my lover's.

Authorship

Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

Rivers to the Sea

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

Eric De Lamarter (1880-1953)

Date added to the website: 2008-06-04.

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