by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
in the rain
Language: English
in the rain-
darkness, the sunset
being sheathed i sit and
think of you
the holy
city which is your face
your little cheeks the streets
of smiles
your eyes half-
thrush
half-angel and your drowsy
lips where float flowers of kiss
and
there is the sweet shy pirouette
your hair
and then
your dancesong
soul. rarely-beloved
a single star is
uttered,and i
think
of you
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Note: this poem entered the public domain in 2021.
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in XLI Poems, in 1. Songs, no. 8, first published 1925 [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 Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "in the rain", published 1965 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Poems of Love and the Rain, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "in the rain", published 1965 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Poems of Love and the Rain, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-04
Line count: 22
Word count: 66