by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
Kate‑a‑Whimsies, John‑a‑Dreams
Language: English
Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dreams, Still debating, still delay, And the world's a ghost that gleams -- Wavers -- vanishes away! We must live while live we can; We should love while love we may. Dread in women, doubt in man . . . So the Infinite runs away.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), "Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dreams", appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Kate-a-Whimsies", op. 11 (Seven songs) no. 7 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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