I Want to Die While You Love Me

One of Powell's most performed vocal selections, "I Want to Die While You Love Me" is dedicated to her husband, William. The Georgia Douglas Johnson poem describes the passion between one individual and their beloved. The two lovers wish to not see the end of the day, as the individual wishes to carry the love experienced on this day to her death. "I Want to Die While You Love Me" belongs to Rosephanye Powell's Miss Wheatley's Garden song collection.

Date: 2015Composer: Rosephanye PowellText: Georgia Douglas JohnsonSong Collection: Miss Wheatley's Garden

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    I want to die while you love me,
    While yet you hold me fair,
    While laughter lies upon my lips
    And lights are in my hair.

    I want to die while you love me,
    And bear to that still bed,
    Your kisses turbulent, unspent
    To warm me when I’m dead.

    I want to die while you love me
    Oh, who would care to live
    Till love has nothing more to ask
    And nothing more to give?

    I want to die while you love me
    And never, never see
    The glory of this perfect day
    Grow dim or cease to be!

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    Miss Wheatley's Garden

    Composer(s): Rosephanye Powell

    Voice Type: Versions for High and Low

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