by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Oriental Serenade
Language: English
The moon, and the stars are none so shy as thou; Cold is thy heart, O Love, for thou heedest not my cry! Sadly I want for a sight of thee, Beneath thy lattice, lone and drear. Pity is a stranger to thy breast; Love kindles anger there; Despair, a smile: Cold is thy heart, O love, for thou heedest my cry. Ah!
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Oriental Serenade", op. 8 no. 1 [voice and piano], from Three Songs of the East, no. 1, Schmidt [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 9
Word count: 63