by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864)

Language: English 
Leaf after leaf drops off, flower after flower,
  Some in the chill, some in the warmer hour:

Alike they flourish and alike they fall,
  And Earth who nourisht them receives them all.

Should we, her wiser sons, be less content
  To sink into her lap when life is spent?

Composition:

    Set to music by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Last days", published 1927 [ high voice and piano ]

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