Gentle lady, do not sing

Gentle lady, do not sing 
  Sad songs about the end of love; 
Lay aside sadness and sing 
  How love that passes is enough. 

Sing about the long deep sleep 
  Of lovers that are dead, and how 
In the grave all love shall sleep: 
  Love is aweary now.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 28, published 1907

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

by David Arditti (1964-) , no title, op. 20 no. 17 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 17.
by Gary Bachlund , "Gentle Lady", 1991, published 1996 [high or medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. 7.
by Brian Boydell (1917-2000) , "Gentle Lady", 1946 [baritone and piano], from Five Joyce Songs, no. ?
by Israel Citkowitz (1909-1974) , "Gentle Lady", published 1935 [voice and piano], in the collection Cos Cob Song Volume
by Laurence Clarke , "Gentle lady, do not sing" [soprano and piano], from "Chamber Music": Five Poems by James Joyce, no. ?
by Jean Coulthard (1908-2000) , "Gentle lady, do not sing", 1947. [baritone and piano]
by David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) , "Gentle lady, do not sing", published 1938 [madrigal: four-part chorus a cappella], from Three Madrigals, no. ?
by Sir (Aynsley) Eugene Goossens (1893-1962) , "Gentle lady, do not sing", published 1930 [medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. ?
by Jack Maurice Jarrett (1934-) , "Gentle lady, do not sing", 1962 [SATB and piano], from Songs about the end of love
by Tibor Serly (1901-1978) , "Gentle lady, do not sing", 1926 [mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra], from Four Songs from "Chamber Music", no. ?
by Colin Sterne , "Gentle Lady", published 1953. [voice and piano]
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Gentle lady, do not sing", op. 54 (Seven Songs) no. 1, published 1926. [voice and piano]

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