by Katharine Tynan (1861 - 1931)
Farewell
Language: English
Not soon shall I forget -- a sheet Of golden water, cold and sweet, The young moon with her head in veils Of silver, and the nightingales. A wain of hay came up the lane -- O fields I shall not walk again, And trees I shall not see, so still Against a sky of daffodil! Fields where my happy heart had rest, And where my heart was heaviest, I shall remember them at peace Drenched in moon-silver like a fleece. The golden water sweet and cold, The moon of silver and of gold, The dew upon the gray grass-spears, I shall remember them with tears.
Text Authorship:
- by Katharine Tynan (1861 - 1931), "Farewell" [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), "Farewell", op. 127 (A Book of Five Songs) no. 5 (1938) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 104