Two Songs , opus 36

by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970)

1. A valediction [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

If we must part,
 Then let it be like this;
Not heart on heart,
 Nor with the useless anguish of a kiss;
But touch mine hand and say:
"Until to-morrow or some other day,
 If we must part."

Words are so weak
 When love hath been so strong:
Let silence speak:
 "Life is a little while, and love is long;
A time to sow and reap,
And after harvest a long time to sleep,
 But words are weak."

Text Authorship:

by Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867 - 1900), "A Valediction", appears in Verses, London, Leonard Smithers, first published 1896

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Confirmed with Ernest Dowson, Verses, London: Leonard Smithers, 1896, page 49.

2. Sorrow

Language: English

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Text Authorship:

by Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867 - 1900)

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