by Archibald MacLeish (1892 - 1982)
An eternity
Language: English
There is no dusk to be, There is no dawn that was, Only there's now, and now, And the wind in the grass. Days I remember of Now in my heart, are now; Days that I dream will bloom White the peach bough. Dying shall never be Now in the windy grass; Now under shooken leaves Death never was.
Authorship:
- by Archibald MacLeish (1892 - 1982), "An eternity", appears in Tower of Ivory, first published 1917 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "An eternity", 2010 [low voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 59