by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
Last love word Matches base text
Language: English
This is the last; the very, very last! Anon, and all is dead and dumb, Only a pale shroud over the past, That cannot be Of value small or vast, Love, then to me! I can say no more: I have even said too much. I did not mean that this should come: I did not know 'twould swell to such - Nor, perhaps, you - When that first look and touch, Love, doomed us two!
Composition:
- Set to music by Andrew Downes (1950 - 2023), "Last love word", op. 15 no. 4, published 1977 [ soprano, flute or tenor recorder, harpsichord, and cello ], from Lost Love, no. 4, West Midlands, England : Lynwood Music Photo Editions
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
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Word count: 74