by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Strephon kissed me in the spring
Language: English
Strephon kissed me in the spring, Robin in the fall, But Colin only looked at me And never kissed at all. Strephon's kiss was lost in jest, Robin's lost in play, But the kiss in Colin's eyes Haunts me night and day.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The look", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The look", 197-? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "The look", published 1970 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from First Person Feminine, no. 5, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeanne Behrend (1911 - 1988), "The look", published 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Six Teasdale Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The look", 1981 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alice Reber Fish , "The look", published 1918 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marius Flothuis (1914 - 2001), "The look", op. 33 no. 2, published 1949 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Trifles, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fay Foster (1886 - 1960), "The kiss in Colin's eyes", published 1917 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fred(erick) (Alfred) Fox (b. 1931), "The look" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "The Look", copyright © 2008 [ soprano, strings ], from Love's Little Pleasures, no. 5, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mabel Wood Hill (1870 - 1954), "The look", published 1919 [ low voice and piano ], from Four Poems by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rosalie Housman (1890? - 1949), "The look", published 1918 [ high voice or low voice, piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick Jacobi (1891 - 1952), "The look", published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Brodbin Kennedy , "The look", published 1972 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from The Look, the Kiss, and Joy [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward E. Menges , "The look", published 1937 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bain Murray (b. 1926), "The look", published 1974 [ soprano and piano ], from Flame and Shadow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dagmar de Corval Rybner (1890 - 1965), "Pastorale", published 1918 [ high voice or medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 42