Thou Art Gone from My Gaze

DESCRIPTION: "Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream." He breathes her name but cannot hear her. He still feels her to be present wherever he is, and thinks "That the spirit of love keeps a watch over me"
AUTHOR: George Linley (source: sheet music published by William A. Pond & Co.)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Love-Among-the-Roses-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love separation
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 13 and #5/64, p. 13, "Thou art gone from my Gaze" (1 text)
Love-Among-the-Roses-Songster, p. 58, "Thou Art Gone from My Gaze" (1 text)
Velocipede-Songster, p. 33, "Thou Art Gone from My Gaze" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2327, p. 156, "Thou Art Gone from My Gaze" (1 reference)
Roud #13823
File: LARS058

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