by Countee Cullen (1903 - 1946)
If you should go See original
Language: English
Love, leave me like the light,
The gently passing day;
We would not know, but for the night,
When it has slipped away.
...
Go quietly; a dream,
When done, should leave no trace
That it has lived, except a gleam
Across the dreamer’s face.
Composition:
- Set to music by William Grant Still (1895 - 1978), "If you should go", published 1949, stanzas 1,3 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Separation, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Countee Cullen (1903 - 1946), "If you should go"
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 68