From the comic opera “Dr.Syntax”, 1894.
words by J. Cheever Goodwin
music by Woolson Morse
Sheet music provided by Sefanie Walzinger:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. How strangely sweet and sweetly strange
The rosy dreams that love inspires
It bids my foolish fancy range
And fills my heart with strange desires
A pleasure, close akin to pain
Thrills all my being with delight
And hope, that long has hidden lain
The future paints in colors bright
Tempo di Valse:
Solace sweet for my sorrows
From the future it borrows
All the grief that I cherished
In its sunshine has perished
No more doubt or repining
‘Round my sad heart is twining
At his coming they vanished
By his kiss they were banished
Seal of love, pledge of devotion
How it thrill’d my heart with a rapture unknown
Nectar sweet, Cupid’s own portion
Perfect bliss dwells in a kiss alone
Perfect bliss, sent from Heaven above
Dwells alone in the kiss
Dwells in the kiss of him you love
Perfect bliss in the kiss of the one you love
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Sung here by Fred Feild: