by Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
Today
Language: English
So there hath been dawning Another blue day. Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Out of eternity This new day is born; Into eternity At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did: So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue day. Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away?
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881), "Today", appears in Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, first published 1840 [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 Edward Thomas Chapman (b. 1902), "Today", published 1929 [soprano and piano], London: Year Book Press [ sung text not verified ]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Today", op. 77 no. 1 (1951), published 1960 [soprano or mezzo-soprano solo, three-part women's chorus, and strings], from Of a Summer Day, no. 1, Association of American Choruses, Philadelphia [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Emily Josephine Troup (d. 1912), "Today", <<1912 [voice and piano], London : Leonard [ sung text not verified ]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Today", published 1925 [SATB chorus and organ or piano], from Songs of Praise, text adapted to a traditional English melody, a tune called "Hardwick" ; London : Oxford University Press [ sung text not verified ]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 61