We never said farewell (Coleridge, set by N. Rorem) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


We never said farewell, nor even looked
  Our last upon each other, for no sign
Was made when we the linkèd chain unhooked
  And broke the level line. 

And here we dwell together, side by side,
  Our places fixed for life upon the chart. 
Two islands that the roaring seas divide
  Are not more far apart.

Authorship

Mary Coleridge (1861-1907)

Poems

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

Ned Rorem (1923-)

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