Threnody Song Cycle on the Poetry of Donald Jeffrey Hayes

Song Cycle by Zenobia Powell (1908 - 2004)

1. Threnody
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Let happy throats be mute
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Text Authorship:

  • by Donald Jeffrey Hayes (1904 - 1991), "Threnody", Hill and Wang, New York, first published 1963, copyright © 1963

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Confirmed with Arna Bontemps, ed. American Negro Poetry, revised edition. New York: Hill and Wang, 1974, p. 93.


2. Alien
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Do not stifle me with the strange scent
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3. Benediction
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Not with my hands
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4. Poet
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
No rock along the road but knows
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5. Pastourelle
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Language: English 
Walk this mile in silence —
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Total word count: 392