by John Allyn Berryman, born John Allyn Smith, Jr. (1914 - 1972)
He Resigns
Language: English
Age, and the deaths, and the ghosts. Her having gone away in spirit from me. Hosts of regrets come & find me empty. I don't feel this will change. I don't want any thing or person, familiar or strange. I don't think I will sing any more just now; ever. I must start to sit with a blind brow above an empty heart.
Text Authorship:
- by John Allyn Berryman, born John Allyn Smith, Jr. (1914 - 1972) [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 Anne Carol Kilstofte (b. 1954), "He Resigns", copyright © 1989 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-04
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