by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907)
Good‑night! I have to say good‑night
Language: English
Good-night! I have to say good-night To such a host of peerless things! Good-night unto the slender hand All queenly with its weight of rings; Good-night to fond, uplifted eyes, Good-night to chestnut braids of hair, Good-night unto the perfect mouth, And all the sweetness nestled there - The snowy hand detains me, then I 'll have to say Good-night again! But there will come a time, my love, When, if I read our stars aright, I shall not linger by this porch With my farewells. Till then, good-night! You wish the time were now? And I. You do not blush to wish it so? You would have blushed yourself to death To own so much a year ago - What, both these snowy hands! ah, then I 'll have to say Good-night again!
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Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), "Palabras Cariñosas", appears in The Ballad of Babie Bell and Other Poems, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Cecil M. Caverly , "Good night", published 1901 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur T. Goldsborough , "Good night", published 1891 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Humphries Pease (1838 - 1882), "Good night", published 1866 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Wilder Thayer (1857 - 1934), "Good night", published 1886 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Good night", published 1904 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-02-09
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Word count: 134