Dirge

"Dirge" is a song by John Duke setting a poem of Adelaide Crapsey.

Date: 1935Composer: John Woods DukeText: Adelaide Crapsey

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Dirge
by Adelaide Crapsey

Never the nightingale,
oh my dear,
Never again the lark
Thou wilt hear;
Though dusk and the morning still
Tap at thy window-sill,
Though ever love call and call
Thou wilt not hear at all,
My dear, my dear.

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Composer(s): John Duke

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