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by Virginia Moore (1903 - 1993)

Answer
Language: English 
Little dew on a leaf
What are you? Know you grief?

Little dust on a thorn
Wherefore must we be born?

Little breath of an air
After death you blow where?

Said the dew, said the dust,
Said the blue, "We can trust."

Text Authorship:

  • by Virginia Moore (1903 - 1993) [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 Sandor Harmati (1892 - 1936), "Answer", published 1928 [voice and piano], Harcourt, Brace and Co. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

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