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The Rose of Persia
Song No. 15

Oh, what is love?
BBC Magazine CD
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1
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ACT II

SCENE -- Open audience hall in the Sultan's palace. Heart's Desire discovered.

DUET. -- HEART'S DESIRE and YUSSUF.

Desire:
Oh, what is love?
A song from heart to heart;
When each doth compliment
Its counterpart.

Oh, where is love?
'Tis ever near at hand;
Where Earth and Heaven, Earth and Heaven meet
In fairyland.

Oh, why is love?
It maketh us to see
That Heaven may be reached
By you or me,
By bond or free!
Yussuf enters.
The Song of self
Is but a melody;
Ah!

Yussuf:
Ah! Love lends of sympathy
A counter-theme;
Both:
And life becomes a dream
Life becomes a dream
And life becomes a dream
Of Heaven's harmony.
The Song of self
Is but a melody;
And life becomes a dream
Of Heaven's harmony,
Of Harmony.

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