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by Minnie Aumonier (1865 - 1952)

Can sorrow find me
Language: English 
Can sorrow find me in this far-off spot
Hidden in a mist of blue forget-me-not? 
Through the deep shadows where the bluebells grow
I crept with silent feet that none could know. 
No ruder touch than petals from the bough 
Of apple bloom can fall upon me now; 
No harsher sound than birds upon the wing
And all the thousand harmonies of Spring. 
I have grown old in sorrow's chill embrace, 
I have grown tired of tears upon my face; 
Today I will forget old sorrow's pain. 
Today I will be young, and glad again. 
Will sorrow find me in this far-off spot
Hidden in blue-bell mist and sweet forget-me-not?

Text Authorship:

  • by Minnie Aumonier (1865 - 1952) [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 Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903 - 1998), "Can sorrow find me" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 110

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