Since we parted yester eve,
I do love thee, love, believe,
Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer,
One dream deeper, one night stronger,
One sun surer -- thus much more
Than I loved thee, love, before.

Copied from For Love's Sweet Sake. Selected Poems of Love in all Moods, edited by George Hembert Westley, Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1899, page 10

Text Authorship:

• by (Edward) Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831 - 1891), "Since we parted" [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 Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Since we parted", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 1, New York : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]

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• by Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968), "Since we parted", 2014, first performed 2015 [ mixed chorus, 2 trumpets, harp, piano and cello ], confirmed with a CD booklet
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