by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
If I must go to heaven's end
Language: English
If I must go to heaven's end
Climbing the ages like a stair,
Be near me and forever bend
With the same eyes above me there;
Time will fly past us like leaves flying,
We shall not heed, for we shall be
Beyond living, beyond dying,
Knowing and known unchangeably.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "If I must go", appears in Flame and Shadow, 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 Lawrence Adler (1886 - ?), "If I must go to Heaven's end", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
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Word count: 50