by William Henry Gardner (1865 - 1932)
For sweet love's sake
Language: English
For sweet love's sake, I pray thee take, This little knot of blue, It only shows, The love that glows, Within thy heart so true. But shouldst thou find, Love is unkind, Grieve not, o lovely maid, Grieve not, grieve not, For winds will blow, And tears will flow, Before love's debt is paid, For sweet love's sake, I pray thee take, This little knot of blue.
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- by William Henry Gardner (1865 - 1932) [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 Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "For sweet love's sake", op. 40 no. 4, published 1890, from Six Love Songs, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
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Line count: 16
Word count: 67