Let it be forgotten

Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold.
Let it be forgotten forever and ever.
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone [asks]1, say it was forgotten,
Long and long ago.
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed foot-fall
In a long forgotten snow.

by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) , "Let it be forgotten", from Flame and Shadow, published 1920

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Garth Baxter (1946-) , "Let it be forgotten" [voice and piano], from Four Views of Love, no. 3.
by Roland Farley (1892-1932) , "Let it be forgotten", published 1926 [high or medium voice, piano], from Two Poems by Sara Teasdale
by Sergius Kagen (1909-1964) , "Let it be forgotten", published 1950. [voice, piano]
by Kirke Mechem (1925-) , "Let it be forgotten", op. 33 no. 3, published 1979 [medium voice, piano], from Goodbye, Farewell, and Adieu, no. 3.
by Kirke Mechem (1925-) , "Let it be forgotten", published 1965 [SATB a cappella], from The Winds of May
by Marlin Merrill , "Let it be forgotten", published 1972. [SSAATB or SSAA, piano]
by David Mills (1939-) , "Let it be forgotten"
by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) , "Let it be forgotten", op. 72 no. 1 (1957), from Sara Teasdale Songs, no. 1.
by John C. Sacco (1905-1987) , "Let it be forgotten", published 1941. [high or low voice, piano]
by Wintter Watts (1884-1962) , "Let it be forgotten", published 1923 [high voice, piano], from Two Songs by Sara Teasdale
by Judith Lang Zaimont , "Let it be forgotten", 1975, from Greyed Sonnets: Five Serious Songs, no. 2.

by Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) , "Lied", 1990 [soprano and piano], from Sechs Lieder nach angelsächsischen Dichtern, no. 3.

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