The way that lovers use

The way that lovers use is this;
  They bow, catch hands, with never a word,
And their lips meet, and they do kiss,
  -- So I have heard.
  
They queerly find some healing so,
  And strange attainment in the touch;
There is a secret lovers know,
  -- I have read as much.
  
And theirs no longer joy nor smart,
  Changing or ending, night or day;
But mouth to mouth, and heart on heart,
  -- So lovers say.

by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) , "The way that lovers use", from Poetry and Drama (December 1913)

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

by Bainbridge Crist (1883-1969) , "The way that lovers use", published <<1940.
by Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972) , "The way that lovers use", published <<1940.
by Alec Rowley (1892-1958) , "The way that lovers use", published <<1940.
by S. J. Rowton , "The way that lovers use", published <<1940.
by Corbett C. Sumsion , "The way that lovers use", <<1936, from Two Songs
by Marjo Tal , "The way that lovers use", 1978, from After, no. 4.

Date added to the website: 2008-07-12.

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