by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
From this world
Language: English
I cannot ask you when, exactly, you plan to leave. Surely, when you go, like a single drop of dew I will vanish from this world.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Stephen Paulus (b. 1949), "From this world" [soprano and piano], from Songs of Love and Longing, no. 7, European American Music [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Michael P Rosewall [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 26