Change | But now life's face beholden

by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)

Change

Language: English

But now life's face beholden
   Seemed bright as heaven's bare brow
With hope of gifts withholden
   But now.

   From time's full-flowering bough
Each bud spake bloom to embolden
   Love's heart, and seal his vow.

Joy's eyes grew deep with olden
   Dreams, born he wist not how;
Thought's meanest garb was golden;
   But now!

Authorship:

by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909), "Change", appears in A Century of Roundels, first published 1883 [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 John Reginald Lang-Hyde (1899 - 1990), "Change", 1950. [voice and piano] [
text not verified
]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-27
Line count: 11
Word count: 53