by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
The spring, my dear
Language: English
The spring, my dear, Is no longer spring. Does the blackbird sing What he sang last year? Are the skies the old Immemorial blue? Or am I, or are you, Grown cold? Though life be change, It is hard to bear When the old sweet air Sounds forced and strange. To be out of tune, Plain You and I . . . It were better to die, And soon!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, 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 Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "The spring, my dear", <<1912, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Spring contrasts, no. 1, London: R. Cocks & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "The Spring My Dear is No Longer Spring", published 1914 [ voice and piano ], New York: Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The spring, my dear, is no longer spring", op. 26 (Seven songs) no. 2 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Courtlandt Palmer (1872 - 1951), "Last year", c1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "The spring, my dear", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Echoes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Last year", published 1900 [ low voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 1, London : Chappell & Co. Ltd. [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 69