Joy (Aldrich, set by G. Hume) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I'll not confer with Sorrow
Till to-morrow;
But Joy shall have her way
This very day.

Ho, eglantine and cresses
For her tresses! --
Let Care, the beggar, wait
Outside the gate.

Tears if you will -- but after
Mirth and laughter;
Then, folded hands on breast
And endless rest.

Authorship

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)

The Sisters' Tragedy, with Other Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic

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

George Y. Hume

Date added to the website: 2008-08-12.

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