by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Gone!/ Gone till the end of the year!
Language: English
Gone! Gone till the end of the year! Gone, and the light gone with her And left me in shadow here! Gone! flitted away, Taken the stars from the night, And the sun from the day! Gone, and a cloud in my heart, And a storm in the air! Flown to the east or the west, Flitted I know not where! Down in the south is a flash and a groan: She is there! She is there!
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Windows, or The Loves of the Wrens, no. 3, first published 1867, rev. 1971 [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 Douglas MacDonald Stewart (1892 - ?), "Gone", published 1920. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Arthur Sullivan, Sir (1842 - 1900), "Gone!", published 1871 [voice and piano], from The Window, or The Songs of the Wrens, no. 3. [text not verified]
- by Sidney Thomson , "Gone", published 1893 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Seven songs [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 77