She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep (op. 22, no. 2)

"She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep" is a song from Lowell Liebermann's Night Songs, op. 22 song cycle. The text was written by Robert Graves, a British poet.

Date: 1987Composer: Lowell LiebermannText: Robert GravesSong Collection: Night Songs, op. 22

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She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep

By Robert Graves

 

She tells her love while half asleep,

In the dark hours,

With half-words whispered low:

As Earth stirs in her winter sleep,

And puts out grass and flowers

Despite the snow,

Despite the falling snow.

Recordings

The New American Art Song

(Jake Heggie and Lowell Liebermann)

2001

Songs of Lowell Liebermann

(Lowell Liebermann)

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