by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot
Vanished
Language: English
So much of our early gladness Vanishes utterly from our memory We can never recall the joy With which we laid our heads on our mother’s bosom Or road on our father’s back in childhood. Doubtless that joy ...is wrought up into our nature... But it is gone forever From our imagination, And we can only BELIEVE In the joy of childhood.
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot, appears in Adam Bede [novel] [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 Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Vanished" [ voice and piano ], from The Other Side of Silence, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 62