© by James Wright (1927 - 1980)
A Breath of Air
Language: English
I walked, when love was gone [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by James Wright (1927 - 1980), appears in St. Judas, copyright © 1959 [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 Monica Houghton , "A Breath of Air", 2009, first performed 2010 [ baritone and piano ], from Five Songs on Poems of James Wright, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-01
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Word count: 66