by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966)
Lethe
Language: English
I do not ask for love, ah! no, Nor friendship's happiness, These were relinquished long ago; I search for something less. I seek a little tranquil bark In which to drift at ease Awhile, and then quite silently To sink in quiet seas.
Text Authorship:
- by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966), copyright status unknown [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 Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953), "Lethe", 1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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