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by Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943)

I thought I'd forgotten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
I thought I'd forgotten,but still I remember
Your face and your voice and your smile;
The mem'ry of things that are over and ended
Still haunts me just once in a while.
Along the old road that we travelled together
So many reminders are set;
It doesn't seem fair that I'm sad to remember,
While you are just glad to forget.

I thought you'd remember, but you have forgotten
The wonderful plans that we made;
The beautiful dreams like the summer's sweet roses,
That bloom for a season and fade.
Along the old road that we travelled together,
I pause at each milestone, and yet_
I somehow feel glad that I'm bound to remember,
While you are just free to forget.

Text Authorship:

  • by Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943) [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 Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (1884 - 1956), "I thought I'd forgotten", published c1934 [ voice and piano ], London : Boosey & Co [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-07-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 121

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