Open your arms to me
Language: English
Open your arms to me, O mother of the Tibetan skies: Mark for me a grave In your turquoise mists. I am weary of monotony, Of green stretches of deadly marble And neat prim graves. Cradle me under the prairie sky In amber wastes of sand.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Joseph Becker (1886 - 1961), "Open your arms to me", 1935, from Three Songs to Poems of Mary Cecilia Becker, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 46