The earth is motionless And poised in space … A great bird resting in its flight Between the alleys of the stars. It is the wind’s hour off …. The wind has nestled down among the corn …. The two speak privately together, Awaiting the whirr of wings.
The Whirr of Wings
Song Cycle by Stanley Grill (b. 1953)
1. Interim  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Lola Ridge (1873 - 1941)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]2. Behold, from the land of the farther suns  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Behold, from the land of the farther suns I returned. And I was in a reptile-swarming place, Peopled, otherwise, with grimaces, Shrouded above in black impenetrableness. I shrank, loathing, Sick with it. And I said to him, “What is this?” He made answer slowly, “Spirit, this is a world; “This was your home.”
Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]3. Black Horizons  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Black horizons, come up. Black horizons, kiss me. That is all; so many lies; killing so cheap; babies so cheap; blood, people so cheap; and land high, land dear; a speck of the earth costs; a suck at the tit of Mother Dirt so clean and strong, it costs; fences, papers, sheriffs; fences, laws, guns; and so many stars and so few hours to dream; such a big song and so little a footing to stand and sing; take a look; wars to come; red rivers to cross. Black horizons, come up. Black horizons, kiss me.
Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]4. Let them not say  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Let them not say: we did not see it [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Jane Hirshfield , copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. Earth Your Dancing Place  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Beneath heaven’s vault [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson (1913 - 1989), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Total word count: 424