Nights without sleep and days That burn like smoldering fire, Nerves with the ceaseless cry Of wind in a tight-drawn wire- Years of this leaving me nothing But a handful of songs like these, That people think were happily written In an hour of ease.
A Composer's Thoughts
Song Cycle by Garth Baxter (b. 1946)
1. Nights without sleep  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
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Researcher for this page: Garth Baxter2. A little while  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
A little while when I am gone My life will live in music after me, As spun foam lifted and borne on After the wave is lost in the full sea. A while these nights and days will burn In song with the bright frailty of foam, Living in light before they turn Back to the nothingness that is their home.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "A little while", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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