By Heart

Song Cycle by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958)

2. Train tune

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Back through clouds
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2. Musician

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Where have these hands been
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3. Roman fountain

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Up from the bronze, I saw
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4. M., singing

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Now, innocent, within the deep
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5. I saw Eternity  [sung text not yet checked]

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O beautiful Forever!
O grandiose Everlasting!
Now, now, now,
I break you into pieces,
I feed you to the ground.
O brilliant, O languishing
Cycle of weeping light!
The mice and birds will eat you
And you will spoil their stomachs
As you have spoiled my mind.
Here, mice, rats,
Porcupines and toads,
Moles, shrews, squirrels,
Weasels, turtles, lizards,--
Here's a bright Everlasting!
Here's a crumb of Forever!
Here's a crumb of Forever!

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6. Song for the Last Act

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Now that I have your face by heart, I look
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Total word count: 73