by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
Wish no word unspoken, want no look...
Language: English
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 ?
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "The melon-seller", appears in Ferishtah's Fancies, no. 2, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The melon-seller", 1903, published 1905 [tenor and orchestra], from Lyrics from "Ferishtah's Fancies", no. 2. [text not verified]
- by Alice Borton (fl. 1890), "Wish no word unspoken", c1884. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-26
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Word count: 60