Now have I fed and eaten up the rose Which then she laid within my stiffcold hand. That I should ever feed upon a rose I never had believed in liveman's land. Only I wonder was it white or red The flower that in the [darkness]1 my food has been. Give us, and if Thou give, thy daily bread, Deliver us from evil, Lord, Amen.
Three Songs
Song Cycle by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
1. Now have I fed and eaten up the rose  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), appears in Gesammelte Gedichte, in Lebendig begraben, no. 8
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Joyce: "dark"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
2. A green lowland of pianos  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
in the evening [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Czesław Miłosz (1911 - 2004), first published 1972, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Jerzy Harasymowicz (b. 1933) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. O boundless, boundless evening  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
O boundless, boundless evening. Soon the glow [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Christopher Middleton (b. 1926), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Heym (1887 - 1912), appears in Der Himmel Trauerspiel
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Total word count: 217