by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Thursday
Language: English
And if I loved you Wednesday,
Well, what is that to you?
I do not love you Thursday --
So much is true.
And why you come complaining
Is more than I can see.
I loved you Wednesday, -- yes -- but what
Is that to me?
Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), "Thursday", appears in A Few Figs from Thistles, first published 1920 [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 Iris Brussels , "Thursday", published 1933 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Horace Johnson (1893 - 1964), "Thursday", published 1923 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Scott Wheeler (b. 1952), "Thursday", 1990 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Wasting the Night, no. 1, Scott Wheeler Music [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 44