by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Death‑parting Matches base text
Language: English
"Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow, Good-bye, and all in vain, Never to meet again, my dear" - "Never to part again." "Good-bye today, good-bye tomorrow, Good-bye till earth shall wane, Never to meet again, my dear" - "Never to part again."
Composition:
- Set to music by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Death-parting", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice, piano ], from Mother and Child, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40