by Humbert Wolfe (1885 - 1940)
The Old Lady
Language: English
Chosen for Diff
The old, old lady, that nobody knows, sits in the Garden shelter, and sews. Save for her restless fingers she is cold and still as ivory. The chestnut-blossom, blown on her dress, seems only a sculptor's cleverness
Confirmed with Humbert Wolfe, in: Twentieth-century poetry, Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1929, p.256
Text Authorship:
- by Humbert Wolfe (1885 - 1940), "The old Lady" [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 Phyllis Batchelor (1915 - 1999), "The Old Lady", copyright © 2023 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 37