by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Time brought me many another friend
Language: English
Time brought me many another friend That loved me longer. New love was kind, but in the end Old love was stronger. Years come and go. No New Year yet Hath slain December. And all that should have cried "Forget!" Cries but "Remember!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "Not yet", appears in Poems, 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 John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Remember" [text verified 1 time]
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