Delia

Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,
Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,
But never will be sung to us again,
Is thy remembrance.  Now the hour of rest
Hath come to thee.  Sleep, darling; it is best.

Authorship

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , "Delia", from Kéramos and Other Poems, published 1878

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

by John W. Bischoff (1850-1909) , "Sweet remembrance", published 1890.
by Carl Reinhold Busch (1862-1943) , "Remembrance", published 1900. [voice and piano]
by Kenneth Christie , "Delia", published 1950. [medium voice and piano]
by Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870-1922) , "Delia", op. 28 (Ten Songs) no. 1, published 1894. [voice and piano]
by Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) , "The remembrance", published >>1879 [voice and piano], from Album of Twelve Songs
by W. K. Hamilton , "Delia" [voice and piano], from Three Songs
by Jacob Heymann , "Delia", published 1932 [medium voice and piano], from Three Songs, no. ?
by Arthur Ives , "Delia", published 1910. [voice and piano]
by Uda Waldrop , "Thy remembrance" [voice and piano]

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dolce come l'aroma tenero che rimane", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2008-06-10.

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