by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Let it be you who lean above me
Language: English
Let it be you who lean above me On my last day, Let it be you who shut my eyelids Forever and aye. Say a "Goodnight" as you have said it All of these years, With the old look, with the old whisper And without tears. You will know then all that in silence You always knew, Though I have loved, I loved no other As I loved you.
R. Sowash sets lines 1-8 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
R. Sowash sets lines 1-8 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), first published <<1925 [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 Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "Let it be you" [ voice and piano ], from Four Views of Love, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Let it be you", 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Let it be you, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Love at the End: "Let it be You"", lines 1-8 [ voice and piano ], from Three Love Songs on Poems by Sarah Teasdale, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Let it be you", 1998, lines 1-8 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Teasdale Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69