In the year that's come and gone, love,...

In the year that's come and gone, love, his flying feather
Stooping slowly, gave us heart, and bade us walk together.
In the year that's coming on, though many a troth be broken,
We at least will not forget aught that love hath spoken.

In the year that's come and gone, dear, we wove a tether
All of gracious words and thoughts, binding two together.
In the year that's coming on with its wealth of roses
We shall weave it stronger yet, ere the circle closes.

In the year that's come and gone, in the golden weather,
Sweet, my sweet we swore to keep the watch of life together.
In the year that's coming on, rich in joy and sorrow,
We shall light our lamp and wait life's mysterious morrow.

by William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) , no title, from A Book of Verses, published 1888

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

by George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885-1916) , no title, 1911-2 [baritone and string quartet], from Love blows as the wind blows, no. 1.
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "In the year that's come and gone", op. 26 (Seven songs) no. 3 (1917). [voice and piano]

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