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by Florence Earle Coates (1850 - 1927)

Tomorrow
Language: English 
The robin chants when the thrush is dumb,
⁠Snow smooths a bed for the clover,
Life flames anew, and days to come
⁠Are sweet as the days that are over.


The tide that ebbs by the moon flows back,
⁠Faith builds on the ruins of sorrow,
The halcyon flutters in winter's track,
⁠And night makes way for the morrow.

And ever a strain, of joys the sum,
⁠Sings on in the heart of the lover—
In death sings on—that days to come
⁠Are sweet as the days that are over!

Text Authorship:

  • by Florence Earle Coates (1850 - 1927), "Tomorrow" [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 Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Tomorrow" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 90

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