To a lovely myrtle bound, Blossoms showering all around, Oh, how weak and weary I Underneath my myrtle lie! Why should I be bound to thee, O my lovely myrtle tree? Love, free love cannot be bound To any tree that grows on ground.
Three Poems , opus 9
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920)
1. In a myrtle shade  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "In a myrtle shade"
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Sometimes titled "To my Myrtle" with only lines 1-6Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
2. Waikiki  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Warm perfumes like a breath from vine and tree Drift down the darkness. Plangent, hidden from eyes, Somewhere an eukaleli thrills and cries, And stabs with pain the night's brown savagery. And dark scents whisper; and dim waves creep to me, Gleam like a woman's hair, stretch out and rise; And new stars burn into the ancient skies, Over the murmurous, soft Hawaian sea. And I recall, lose, grasp, forget again, And still remember, a tale I have heard or known, An empty tale, of idleness, and pain, Of two that loved or did not love, and one Whose perplexed heart did evil, foolishly, A long while since, and by some other sea.
Authorship:
- by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915), "Waikiki"
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First published in New Numbers, August 1914.Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
3. Phantoms  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
When in my night, like gaunt, gray phantoms, rise The wild-eyed hours of brooding revery, If in my heart a sudden anguish cries That thou also hast passed away from me, If I but think that one regretful sigh Thy joyless love has breathed unaware, I know not what a barren will to die Dissolves my strength into a mute despair. Oh, if upon thy breast I could then lay My weary head and hear thee sing again That old sweet song, and as it dies away Exhale my spirit in its last refrain!
Authorship:
- by Arturo Giovannitti (1882 - 1959)
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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller