by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard (1869 - 1948)
I never thought that youth would go
Language: English
I never thought that youth would go Who was so blithe and fain, Or if he strayed I thought a song Would call him back again. But knowledge came one April day And woke me with a start — When I walked alone in a wooded lane With perfect peace of heart.
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Authorship:
- by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard (1869 - 1948), "Youth" [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 Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "I never thought that youth would go", 1925, first performed 1926 [medium voice and piano], from Two Songs of Youth, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-07-28
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Word count: 52