by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Love was with me yesterday
Language: English
Love was with me yesterday - In the dusk she crept away; But I am light-hearted yet, Since I never can forget. All the world may marvel why Joyful with great joy am I; None may know who cannot say, "Love was with yesterday!"
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Confirmed with Charles Hanson Towne, The Quiet Singer and Other Poems,New York: B. W. Dodge & Co., 1908, page 44.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), "Remembrance", appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, New York: B. W. Dodge & Co., first published 1908 [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 Walter H. Golde (1887 - 1963), "Love was with me yesterday", published 1927, copyright © 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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