Was it some Golden Star? (Parker, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Once in another land,
   Ages ago,
 You were a queen, and I,
   I loved you so:
 Where was it that we loved -
   Ah, do you know?

 Was it some golden star
   Hot with romance?
 Was it in Malabar,
   Italy, France?
 Did we know Charlemagne,
   Dido, perchance?

 But you were a queen, and I
   Fought for you then:
 How did you honour me
   More than all men!
 Kissed me upon the lips;
   Kiss me again.

 Have you forgotten it,
   All that we said?
 I still remember though
   Ages have fled.
 Whisper the word of life,
   "Love is not dead."

Authorship

Gilbert Parker (1862-1932)

Embers

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Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

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