© by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
Snake
Language: English
I saw a young snake glide [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "Snake", appears in Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse of Theodore Roethke, first published 1958, copyright © [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 Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Snake", 1959 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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