Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit That Loved Thee

DESCRIPTION: "Thou hast wounded the spirit that loved thee, And cherished thine image for years, Thou hast taught me at last to forget thee...." "Hope, like the rainbow of summer, Gives a pronise of Lethe at last." The storms of life can spoil the happiest home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1846 (sheet music published by F. D. Benteen)
KEYWORDS: love rejection nonballad
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster, p. 55, "Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit That Loved Thee" (1 text)
Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 50, "Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit That Loved Thee" (1 text)
Oh-How-Is-That-For-High-Songster, p. 4, "Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit That Loved Thee" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 9 and #5/64, p. 9, "Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit" (1 text)
Roud #21541
NOTES [24 words]: The sheet music of this attributes it simply to "A Lady." One Internet site listed "Mrs. David Porter," but gave no source for the attribution. - RBW
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File: WPRS055

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