by Charles (John Huffam) Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn...
Language: English
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here; Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear! How like the hopes of childhood's day, Thick clust'ring on the bough! How like those hopes in their decay- How faded are they now! Wither'd leaves, wither'd leaves, that fly before the gale: Withered leaves, withered leaves, ye tell a mournful tale, Of love once true, and friends once kind, And happy moments fled: Dispersed by every breath of wind, Forgotten, changed, or dead! Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here! Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!
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Authorship:
- by Charles (John Huffam) Dickens (1812 - 1870), no title, written 1836 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Pike Hullah (1812 - 1884), "Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here", subtitle: "George Edmunds' song", from opera The Village Coquettes, a Comic Opera [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Autumn leaves lie strewn around me here", op. 106 (4 Part-Songs for Male Voices TTBB) no. 1 (1908) [ TTBB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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