by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
My heart to thy heart
Language: English
My heart to thy heart,
My hand to thine;
My lip to thy lips,
Kisses are wine
Brewed for the lover in sunshine and shade;
Let me drink deep, then, my African maid.
Lily to lily,
Rose unto rose;
My love to thy love
Tenderly grows.
Rend not the oak and the ivy in twain,
Nor the swart maid from her swarthier swain.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Song", from Majors and Minors, first published 1895 [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 G. Bull , "An African Love Song", published 1954 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "An African Love Song", op. 17 (African Romances) no. 1, published 1897 [ high voice and piano ], London: Augener [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "My Heart to Thy Heart", 1994, from Four Love Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "An African Love Song", published 1901 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 63