I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago. Thou loved'st another more than me, Scornful wert thou, none like to thee. Me thou forgettest - As thou wilt - Thou art nought to me. I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago. In the hereafter shall I be remembered, But thou shalt die, nor live in memory, For thou didst not gather the roses of Pieria; Alone and obscure thou shalt wander, Even in the house of Hades, Flitting among the shadowy dead. I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago.
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Authorship:
- by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895) [text unavailable]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago", from Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929) , no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics ; composed by Jean Coulthard.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-01
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Word count: 88