The birds seem to delight in the first fine days of the fall in the warm hazy light (robbins, bluebirds. In families on the almost bare elms, phoebes and probably purple finches). Now the year itself begins to ripe, ripened by the frost like a persimmon.
Songbooks
by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992)
Solo for Voice 49 (relevant) ‑ The Year Begins To Be Ripe
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), from "Journal".  [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):
Set by by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992), 1970Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
Total word count: 46