1892
Betrayed, Op. 9, no. 4
Composed by 
Margaret Ruthven Lang
Margaret Ruthven Lang Text by 
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Lizette Woodworth Reese "Betrayed" sets a text of Lizette Woodworth Reese. Lang's Opus 9 songs also include the song "The Sky Ship" (no. 3), a setting of a poem by Frank Dempster Sherman.
The poem "Betrayed" was first published in Reese's first volume of poetry, A Branch of May of 1887.
Text
Betrayed
By Lizette Woodworth Reese
She is false, O Death, she is fair!
Let me hide my head on thy knee;
Blind mine eyes, dull mine ears, O Death!
She hath broke my heart for me!
Give me a perfect dream;
Find me a rare, dim place;
But let not her voice come nigh,
And keep out her face–her face!
[Lang repeats some of the verses in her song.]
Audio
Betrayed, Op. 9, no. 4
Donald George (tenor) & Lucy Mauro (piano)2:32
The Sky Ship, Op. 9, no. 3
Donald George (tenor) & Lucy Mauro (piano)1:24
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