Your Eyes So Deep

"Your Eyes so Deep" is the third song of Henry Burleigh's song cycle Passionale, which sets the poetry of James Weldon Johnson.

Date: 1915Composer: Henry T. BurleighText: James Weldon JohnsonSong Collection: Passionale

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    Your Eyes so Deep
    by James Weldon Johnson

    Your eyes so deep and tender are,
    Soft with the glamour of a star,
    Bright with the gentle light that lies
    In placid streams and sunny skies;
    Your eyes so tender are.
    And yet, those melting, smiling eyes,
    From out their depths so sweet,
    Have lanced a cruel, piercing dart;
    And now my wounded, bleeding heart
    Lies captive at your feet.

    Your lips are like a sweet, red rose,
    That in some scented garden grows;
    A dewy rose, so sweet and red,
    That blooms amidst a lily bed;
    Your lips are like a rose.
    And yet, those velvet-petal’d lips
    A honey’d poison brew,
    That through my veins has run like fire,
    And filled my soul with love’s desire,
    And left me mad for you.

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    "Your Eyes so Deep"

    Composer(s): H. T. Burleigh

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    "Passionale"

    Composer(s): H. T. Burleigh

    Song(s): 1. Her Eyes, Twin Pools
    2. Your Lips are Wine
    3. Your Eyes So Deep
    4. The Glory of the Day was in Her Face

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    Passionale

    Composer(s): H. T. Burleigh

    Song(s): 1. Her Eyes, Twin Pools
    2. Your Lips are Wine
    3. Your Eyes So Deep
    4. The Glory of the Day was in Her Face

    Voice Type: High

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