by Angelina Weld Grimké (1880 - 1958)
Tenebris
Language: English
There is a tree, by day, That, at night, Has a shadow, A hand huge and black, With fingers long and black. All through the dark, Against the white man's house, In the little wind, The black hand plucks and plucks At the bricks. The bricks are the color of blood and very small. Is it a black hand, Or is it a shadow?
Authorship:
- by Angelina Weld Grimké (1880 - 1958) [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 Trevor Weston (b. 1967), "Tenebris", 2001 [baritone and piano], from Evening Songs, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Trevor Weston
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-14
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Word count: 64