by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907)
Forever and a Day
Language: English
I.
I little know or care
If the blackbird on the bough
Is filling all the air
With his soft crescendo now;
For she is gone away,
And when she went she took
The springtime in her look,
The peachblow on her cheek,
The laughter from the brook,
The blue from out the May -
And what she calls a week
Is forever and a day!
II.
It's little that I mind
How the blossoms, pink or white,
At every touch of wind
Fall a-trembling with delight;
For in the leafy lane,
Beneath the garden boughs,
And through the silent house
One thing alone I seek.
Until she come again
The May is not the May,
And what she calls a week
Is forever and a day!
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), "Forever and a day", appears in Poems, first published 1897 [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 C. W. Dieckmann , "Forever and a Day", published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Forever and a Day", op. 12 (Twelve Songs) no. 1, published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943), "Forever and a Day", published 1898 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clayton Johns (1857 - 1932), "Forever and a Day", published 1898 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert A. Mack , "Forever and a Day", op. 12 (Five Songs) no. 1, published 1903 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen S. Townsend , "Forever and a Day", published 1905 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-02-09
Line count: 26
Word count: 126