To My Little Son
Language: English
In your face I sometimes see Shadowings of the man to be, And eager, dream of what my son Shall be in twenty years and one. When you are to manhood grown, And all your manhood ways are known Then shall I, wistful, try to trace The child you once were in your face?
Text Authorship:
- by Julia Johnson Davis , copyright status unknown [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 Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953), "To My Little Son" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-19
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Word count: 54