by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
Sing to me, sing, and sing again
Language: English
Sing to me, sing, and sing again, My glad, great-throated nightingale: Sing, as the good sun through the rain -- Sing, as the home-wind in the sail! Sing to me life, and toil, and time, O bugle of dawn, O flute of rest! Sing, and once more, as in the prime, There shall be naught but seems the best. And sing me at the last of love: Sing that old magic of the May, That makes the great world laugh and move As lightly as our dream to-day!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses, in Hawthorn and Lavender, no. 35, first published 1901 [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 Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Sing to me, sing", op. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clayton Johns (1857 - 1932), "Sing to me, sing", op. 28 (<<1932) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Albert Lidgey (d. 1924), "Sing to me", published 1909 [ voice and piano ], from A Song of Life [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 87