Thou wouldst be loved

Thou wouldst be loved? -- then let thy heart
     From its present pathway part not!
Being everything which now thou art,
     Be nothing which thou art not.
So with the world thy gentle ways,
     Thy grace, thy more than beauty,
Shall be an endless theme of praise,
     And love -- a simple duty.

by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) , "To F--s S. O--d", 1835, from The Raven and Other Poems, published 1845

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

by Daron Aric Hagen (1961-) , "Thou wouldst be loved", from Echo's songs, no. 9.
by Henderson , "Thou wouldst be loved", published 1901 [medium voice and piano], from Two Songs for Medium Voice, no. ?
by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1873-1928) , "Thou wouldst be loved", op. 16 (Four Poems by Edgar Allan Poe) no. 2, published 1917. [baritone and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-08-27.

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