by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Spring Torrents
Language: English
Will it always be like this until I am dead, Every spring must I bear it all again With the first red haze of the budding maple boughs, And the first sweet-smelling rain? Oh I am like a rock in the rising river Where the flooded water breaks with a low call — Like a rock that knows the cry of the waters And cannot answer at all.
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933) [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 Dominick DiOrio , "Spring Torrents", 2013 [ baritone and piano ], from A Ghost Through the Winding Years, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-07-12
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Word count: 68