Never Seek to Tell Thy Love

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The audio recording provided is used with the permission of the composer and features soprano Mara Bonde with composer Allen Brings at the piano.

Date: 1958Composer: Allen BringsText: William BlakeSong Collection: Three Songs of Blake and Donne

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by William Blake

Never seek to tell thy love
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind does move
Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears —
Ah, she doth depart.

Soon as she was gone from me
A traveller came by
Silently, invisibly —
He took her with a sigh.

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"Three Songs of Blake and Donne"

Composer(s): Allen Brings

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