by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Listen, the damp leaves on the walks are...
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
Listen, the damp leaves on the walks are blowing With a ghost of sound; Is it a fog or is it a rain dripping From the low trees to the ground? If I had gone before, I could have remembered Lilacs and green after-noons of May; I chose to wait, I chose to hear from autumn Whatever she has to say.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Dark of The Moon, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926, page 28.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Late October (Bois de Boulogne)", appears in Dark of the Moon, in Pictures of Autumn, first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jeanne Behrend (1911 - 1988), "Late October", published 1943 [voice and piano], from Six Teasdale Songs [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Octobre tardif (Bois de Boulogne)", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-27
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Word count: 61