Listen, The wind is still, And far away in the night — See! The uplands fill With a running light. Open the doors. It is warm; And where the sky was clear— Look! The head of a storm That marches here! Come under the trembling hedge— Fast, although you fumble… There! Did you hear the edge of winter crumble
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Authorship:
- by Mark van Doren (1894 - 1972), "Spring thunder" [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Spring thunder" [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-19
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