You are mine (Symons, set by L. Ronald) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


If I bid yoUy you will come. 
If I bid you, you will go, 
You are mine, and lo I take you 
To my heart, your home ; 
Well, ah, well I know 
I shall not forsake you. 

I shall always hold you fast, 
I shall never set you free. 
You are mine, and I possess you 
Long as life shall last ; 
You will comfort me, 
I shall bless you. 

I shall keep you as we keep 
Flowers for memory, hid away. 
Under many a newer token 
Buried deep, 
Roses of a gaudier day. 
Rings and trinkets, bright and broken. 

Other women I shall love, 
Fame and fortune I may win. 
But when fame and love forsake me 
And the light is night above, 
You will let me in. 
You will take me.

Authorship

Arthur Symons (1865-1945)

Silhouettes

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

Landon Ronald (1873-1938)

Four Silhouettes

Date added to the website: 2009-01-19.

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