The melon‑seller

Wish no word unspoken, want no look away!
What if words were but mistake, and looks too sudden, say ! 
Be unjust for once, Love ! Bear it well I may !
Do me justice always ? Bid my heart their shrine 
Render back its store of gifts, old looks and words of thine 
Oh, so all unjust the less deserved, the more divine ?

by Robert Browning (1812-1889) , "The melon-seller", from Ferishtah's Fancies, no. 2, published 1884

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

by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "The melon-seller", 1903, published 1905 [tenor and orchestra], from Lyrics from "Ferishtah's Fancies", no. 2.
by Alice Borton (fl. 1890) , "Wish no word unspoken", c1884. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-02-26.

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