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Music: Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877) · Words: Unknown
so I must strive to for -
mine for ever and aye.
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The words
so I must strive to for -
mine for ever and aye.
so I must strive to for -
mine for ever and aye.
so I must strive to for -
mine for ever and aye.
Only a face at the window,
Only a face, nothing more;
Yet the look in the eyes, as they meet mine,
Still comes to me o’er and o’er Only a word,
of greeting, Only a word that was all;
Yet all day, in my heart it echoed,
Like the sound of an angel’s call.
Only a smile of welcome,
Only a smile, as I pass’d;
But that smile will still be remember’d As
long as my life shall last Only a woman,
you tell me! Only a woman! to thee;
But there’s naught that this mere earth
containeth, Half so dear as this woman to me.
Only her love I ask for,
Only her love, and yet,
The sweet boon I cannot hope for,
And so I must strive to forget Only a word
lowly spoken, Only a “yes” would she say;
It would give the sweet face at the window,
To be mine forever and aye.
About this song
- Music
- Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Unknown
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1870, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:05
- Parts
- Voice (cutaway), Voice
- Verses
- 3
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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