They know not my heart - Stanford, Charles Villiers

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"Six Irish Airs (4) AIR: COULIN DHAS"

⌛ Period → Late Romantic ◈ Genre → Folksongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 79427

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2024-03-07

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

They know not my heart, who believe there can be One stain of this earth in its feelings for thee; Who think, while I see thee in beauty’s young hour, As pure as the morning’s first dew on the flower, I could harm what I love, as the sun’s wanton ray But smiles on the dewdrop to waste it away. No, beaming with light as those young features are, There’s a light round thy heart which is lovelier far: It is not that cheek, ’tis the soul drawing clear Thro’ its innocent blush makes thy beauty so dear; As the sky we look up to, though glorious and fair, Is looked up to the more because Heaven lies there.