by Adela Florence Nicolson (1865 - 1904), as Laurence Hope
Among the fuchsias
Language: English
Call me not to a secret place when daylight dies away, tempt me not with tine eager face and words thou shouldst not say. Entice me not with a child of thine, ah, God, if such might be, for surely a man is half divine who adds another link to the line whose last link none may see. Call me not to the Lotus lake where drooping fuchsias hide, what if my latent youth awakes and will not be denied? Ah, tempt me not for I am not strong (thy mouth is a budded kiss) My days are empty, my nights are long; ah,why is a thing so sweet so wrong, why is a thing so sweet so wrong as thy temptation is?
Authorship:
- by Adela Florence Nicolson (1865 - 1904), as Laurence Hope [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "Among the fuchsias", from Five Songs of Laurence Hope, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-09
Line count: 19
Word count: 123