by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
We shall surely die
Language: English
We shall surely die: Must we needs grow old? Grow old and cold, And we know not why? O, the By-and-By, And the tale that's told! We shall surely die: Must we needs grow old? Grow old and sigh, Grudge and withhold, Resent and scold? ... Not you and I? We shall surely die!
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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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "We shall surely die", op. 16 (Seven songs) no. 2 (1913) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 54