The night is of the color Of a woman's arm: Night, the female, Obscure, Fragrant and supple, Conceals herself, A pool shines, Like a bracelet Shaken in a dance.
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Confirmed with Others: a magazine of the new verse, V. II, No. 3, Mar 1916.
Text Authorship:
- by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), no title, written 1916, appears in Six significant landscapes, no. 2, first published 1916 [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 Claire Brook (1925 - 2012), "The night is of the color", published [1995] [ voice and piano ], from Four songs; from Six Significant Landscapes, no. 1, San Antonio, Tex. : Southern Music [sung text not yet checked]
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