He has come, he is here, My love has come home, The minutes are lighter Than flying foam, The hours are like dancers On gold-slippered feet, The days are young runners Naked and fleet -- For my love has returned, He is home, he is here, In the whole world no other Is dear as my dear!
2 Songs
Song Cycle by Ethel Glenn Hier (1889 - 1971)
1. The Return [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The return", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. The Hour [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Was it foreknown, was it foredoomed Before I drew my first small breath? Will it be with me to the end, Will it go down with me to death? Or was it chance, would it have been Another if it was not you? Could any other voice or hands have done for me what yours can do? Now without sorrow and without elation I say the day I found you was foreknown, Let the years blow like sand around that hour, Changeless and fixed as Memnon carved in stone.
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The hour", first published 1922?
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 145