by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
Ione, Dead the Long Year
Language: English
Empty are the ways, Empty are the ways of this land And the flowers Bend over with heavy heads. They bend in vain. Empty are the ways of this land Where Ione Walked once, and now does not walk But seems like a person just gone.
Text Authorship:
- by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "Ione, Dead the Long Year", appears in Lustra, first published 1916 [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 William Strickland (b. 1914), "Ione, Dead the Long Year", published 1961. [medium voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-21
Line count: 9
Word count: 47