To Dissolve
Language: English
To melt; to melt away, sorrow in hand. Delta, delicate, acquiesce yourself to it all. Like a pill on the tongue, a strip of lemon sugar sets its sting on the edge of your eye. And I liquefy, deliquesce. You dwindle away, vanish; a single strip of salt descending. So, row in hand, we pass over the dark waters into the sunrise –
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Julia Adolphe (b. 1988), "To Dissolve", 2012, first performed 2012 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-05-23
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Word count: 63