by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
A song of life
Language: English
A whisper at parting, A word in a dream; A sigh in the starlight, A leaf on the stream... A face that is anguished, A cheek that is wet; One will stay and remember, One will go... one will go and forget! A song that is over, A dream that is done; A heart that is broken, A heav'n never won; A flower that has faded, A sun that is set; One will stay and remember, One will go,... one will go and forget! A life that is ended, A sleep and a rest, Two little hands folded, On a calm little breast; An earth that is lonely, A long, long regret... One is left to remember... One has gone, one has gone to forget.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "A song of life", 1892. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 125