by Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924)
Under the thorntree laugh and lie
Language: English
Under the thorntree laugh and lie, Up on the thorntree sing and swing! There'll be Springs a many as years go by, But never again this self same Spring. Children a many as time goes on May play where the thorntree shadows the ground; But never a day of a childhood gone Will come again while the world goes round. Youth will be, though our youth go by; Life will last though our lives be done; Love will live though our love should die; And the strife go on though our rest be won.
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Confirmed with Spring Songs and Sketches. Selected and arranged by E. Nesbit and Robert Ellice Mack, London: Griffith Farrand Company, page 29 (number 12).Authorship:
- by Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924), no title [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 Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "Under the thorn-tree", published 1892 [vocal duet], London: R. Cocks & Co. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 94