by Charlotte Mew (1869 - 1928)
Love love today
Language: English
Love love to-day, my dear Love is not always here Wise maids know how soon grows sere The greenest leaf of Spring. But no man knoweth Whither it goeth When the wind bloweth So frail a thing. Love love, my dear, to-day If the ship’s in the bay If the bird has come your way That sings on summer trees. When his song faileth And the ship saileth No voice availeth To call back these.
Text Authorship:
- by Charlotte Mew (1869 - 1928), "Love love today" [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 Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "Love love today", 1970 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Vickery , "Love love today" [ soprano and piano ], from Songs of sadness, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 75