by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Winter Trees
Language: English
All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.
Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963) [author's text not yet checked 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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Winter Trees", copyright © 2004 [2 voices and 2 cellos], from Vignettes - Trees, no. 5, confirmed with an online score [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-04-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 38