by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Gone she is a long, long way
Language: English
Gone she is a long, long way, But she has decreed a day Back to come, and make no stay: So we keep, till her return, Here, her ashes, or her urn.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon a maid" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Gone she is a long, long way", op. 89 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set VIII) no. 4 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-19
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