by Ernest James Myers (1844 - 1921)
Stay me no more
Language: English
Stay me no more; the flowers have ceased to blow,
The frost begun;
Stay me no more; I will arise and go,
My dream is done.
My feet are set upon a sterner way,
And I must on;
Love, thou has dwelt with me a summer day,
Now, Love, begone.
Confirmed with the anthology Latter-day lyrics: being poems of sentiment and reflection by living writers, Kohler Collection of British Poetry, London: Chatto & Windus, 1878.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "Stay me no more", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs with Piano Accompaniment, no. 1, New York: G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 50