by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Grief's Prelude
Language: English
I can forgive you in this hour we part, yea, I can smile and stay the rising tears, but oh! I dread that loneliness of heart, not now, not now but thru the long bleak years.
Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949) [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 Alexander MacFadyen (1879 - 1936), "Grief's Prelude" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2021-08-17
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