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Peter Quince at the Clavier
Song Cycle by Jodi Goble (b. 1974)
1. Just as my fingers on these keys
Language: English
2. In the green water [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
[ ... ] II In the green water, clear and warm, Susanna lay. She searched The touch of springs, And found Concealed imaginings. She sighed, For so much melody. Upon the bank, she stood In the cool Of spent emotions. She felt, among the leaves, The dew Of old devotions. She walked upon the grass, Still quavering. The winds were like her maids, On timid feet, Fetching her woven scarves, Yet wavering. A breath upon her hand Muted the night. She turned -- A cymbal crashed, Amid roaring horns. [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), "Peter Quince at the Clavier", appears in Harmonium, first published 1923
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First published in Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915 and Year Book of American Poetry, ed. William Stanley Braithwaite. New York: Gomme and Marshall, 1915.Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. Soon with a noise like tambourines [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
[ ... ] III Soon, with a noise like tambourines, Came her attendant Byzantines. They wondered why Susanna cried Against the elders by her side; And as they whispered, the refrain Was like a willow swept by rain. Anon, their lamps' uplifted flame Revealed Susanna and her shame. And then, the simpering Byzantines Fled, with a noise like tambourines. [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), "Peter Quince at the Clavier", appears in Harmonium, first published 1923
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First published in Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915 and Year Book of American Poetry, ed. William Stanley Braithwaite. New York: Gomme and Marshall, 1915.Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
4. Beauty is momentary in the mind
Language: English
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Total word count: 670