by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
The Spring My Dear is No Longer Spring Matches original text
Language: English
The spring, my dear, Is no longer spring. Does the blackbird sing What he sang last year? Are the skies the old Immemorial blue? Or am I, or are you, Grown cold? Though life be change, It is hard to bear When the old sweet air Sounds forced and strange. To be out of tune, Plain You and I . . . It were better to die, And soon!
Composition:
- Set to music by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "The Spring My Dear is No Longer Spring", published 1914 [ voice and piano ], New York: Ricordi
Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 69