by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lilacs
Language: English
The yellow years have gathered fast O'er this house upon the hill Old lilac bushes gaunt and gray Crowd 'round the sunken sill And lo! with each returning Spring Keep tryst at this lonely place But love and constancy withal Old Time can ne'er efface.
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 Robert William Manton (1894 - 1967), "Lilacs" [medium voice and piano], from Four songs, no. 1. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 45