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by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

Love came to us in time gone by
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE GER
Love came to us in time gone by
    When one at twilight shyly played 
And one in fear was standing nigh -- -
    For Love at first is all afraid.

We were grave lovers. Love is past
    That had his sweet hours many a one; 
Welcome to us now at the last
    The ways that we shall go upon.

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Text Authorship:

  • by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 30, first published 1907 [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 Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 30, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1962 [ satb chorus and piano ], from Songs about the end of love [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Barry Seaman (b. 1946), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1981 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music Book I, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

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