by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
The look of love alarms
Language: English
The look of love alarms, Because it's fill'd with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall win the lover's hire.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), written 1793, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, in 17. Several Questions Answered, no. 2 [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 Romulus Franceschini (b. 1929), "The look of love alarms", 1964 [tenor or soprano and piano], from Blake Cycle, no. 5. [text not verified]
- by Peter Tahourdin (1928 - 2009), "The look of love alarms, because it's filled with fire", 1968 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Seven Gnomic Verses, no. 4. [text not verified]
This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Eternity", 1957, published 1958 [voice and oboe], from Ten Blake Songs, no. 10..
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 4
Word count: 21