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by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)

In Memoriam
 (Sung text for setting by T. Kerr)
 See original
Language: English 
When all is done, and my last word is said,
And ye who loved me murmur, "He is dead,"
Weep not for me, lest I should know
And sorrow too that ye should sorrow so.

When all is done and in the oozing clay,
Ye lay this cast-off hull of mine away,
Pray not for me, for, after long despair,
The quiet of the grave will be a prayer.

For I have suffered loss and grievous pain,
The hurts of hatred and the world's disdain,
And wounds so deep that love, well-tried and pure,
Had not the pow'r to ease them or to cure.

When all is done, say not my day is o'er,
And that thro' the dark I seek some dimmer shore
Say that my morn has just begun, -- 
I greet the dawn and not the setting sun,
        When all is done.

Composition:

    Set to music by Thomas H. Kerr, jr. , "In Memoriam", copyright © 1956 [ voice and piano ], Willis C. Patterson, in The Second Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "When all is done", appears in Lyrics of the Hearthside, first published 1899

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 17
Word count: 150

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