"Ecstasy" by Amy Beach: ένα δημοφιλέστατο τραγούδι που , όταν το μελοποίησε η συνθέτρια, αγόρασε με τα "δικαιώματά" του ένα εξοχικό σπίτι!

Amy Beach(1867-1944)

Ecstasy

Only to dream among the fading flowers,
Only to glide along the tranquil sea;
Ah dearest, dearest, have we not together
One long, bright day of love, glad and free?

Only to rest through life, in storm and sunshine,
Safe in thy breast, where sorrow dare not fly;
Ah dearest, dearest, thus in sweetest rapture
With thee to live, with thee at last to die!

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Ecstasy", op. 19 (Three Songs) no. 2, published c1891

Στίχοι: Florence Earle Coates (1850 - 1927), "Song"

AMY BEACH SongsEcstasy proved so popular that the poem was
included in The Poetry Digest: Annual Anthology of
Verse for 1939. Beach earned enough from the royalties
of Ecstasy to buy a lot on Cape Cod for a summer home