Till we watch the last low star, Let us love and let us take Of each other all we are. On some morning with that star One of us shall lie awake, Lonely for the other's sake.
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Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "A tent song", from Book of Lyrics, first published 1955 [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 Richard Owen (b. 1922?), "Till we watch the last low star", published 1962 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
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Word count: 37