by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
In Autumn
Language: English
The skies seemed true above thee, The rose true on the tree, The bird seemed true the summer through, But all proved false to me. World, is there one good thing in you, Life, love, or death, or what? Since lips that sang, "I love thee" Now say "I love thee not."
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "In Autumn", 1892? [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52