by Jessie Adelaide Middleton (1864 - 1933)
Life and death
Language: English
To look for thee, cry for thee, sigh for thee, Under my breath, To clasp but a shade Where thy head has been laid, It is death. To long for thee, yearn for thee, burn for thee, Sorrow and strife, But to have thee, to have thee, And hold thee and fold thee, It is life.
Authorship:
- by Jessie Adelaide Middleton (1864 - 1933) [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 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "Life and death", published 1914 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], London, Augener [sung text checked 2 times]
Research team for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 56