by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Era gia l'ora che volge il desio. ‑‑...
Language: English
Era gia l'ora che volge il desio. -- Dante Ricorro al tempo ch'io vi vidi prima. -- Petrarca I wish I could remember that first day, First hour, first moment of your meeting me, If bright or dim the season, it might be Summer or Winter for aught I can say; So unrecorded did it slip away, So blind was I to see and to foresee, So dull to mark the budding of my tree That would not blossom yet for many a May. If only I could recollect it, such A day of days! I let it come and go As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow; It seemed to mean so little, meant so much; If only now I could recall that touch, First touch of hand in hand -- Did one but know!
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title [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 Alun Hoddinott (1929 - 2008), "Sonnet", op. 152, Heft 3 no. 1 (1994) [ soprano and piano ], from One Must Always Have Love, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joel Weiss , "The first day", 2001 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Did one but know", published 1926? [ voice and piano ], London : Chappell & Co. Ltd. [sung text not yet checked]
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