Now the snow lies on the ground and more snow is descending upon it— Patches of red dirt hold together the old snow patches This is winter— rosettes of leather-green leaves by the old fence and bare trees marking the sky— This is winter winter, winter leather-green leaves spearshaped in the falling snow
Seasons
Song Cycle by Stanley Grill (b. 1953)
soprano, alto, tenor, bass voices
1. Winter
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]2. Spring
Language: English
Among the leaves bright green of wrist-thick tree and old stiff broken branch ferncool swaying loosely strung- come May again white blossom clusters hide to spill their sweets almost unnoticed down and quickly fall
Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), "The Locust Tree in Flower"
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]3. Summer Song
Language: English
Wanderer moon smiling a faintly ironical smile at this brilliant, dew-moistened summer morning,— a detached sleepily indifferent smile, a wanderer’s smile,— if I should buy a shirt your color and put on a necktie sky-blue where would they carry me?
Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]4. Autumn
Language: English
In this strong light the leafless beech-tree shines like a cloud it seems to glow of itself with a soft stript light of love over the brittle grass But there are on second look a few yellow leaves still shaking far apart just one here just one there trembling vividly
Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]Total word count: 177