A prayer | When I am dying, let me know

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

A prayer

Language: English

When I am dying, let me know
That I loved the blowing snow
Although it stung like whips;
That I loved all lovely things
And I tried to take their stings
With gay unembittered lips;
That I loved with all my strength,
To my soul's full depth and length,
Careless if my heart must break,
That I sang as children sing
Fitting tunes to everything,
Loving life for its own sake.

Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933) [author's text not yet checked 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 Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "A prayer", 2015, first performed 2016 [ vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ], from Music like a curve of gold, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: David Sims [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-03-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 71