Sing Evermore!

Song Cycle by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)

4. Refuge [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

From my spirit's gray defeat,
From my pulse's flagging beat,
From my hopes that turned to sand
Sifting through my close-clenched hand,
From my own fault's slavery,
If I can sing, I still am free.

For with my singing I can make
A refuge for my spirit's sake,
A house of shining words, to be
My fragile immortality.

Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Refuge", appears in Love Songs, in 2. Interlude: Songs out of Sorrow, no. 7, first published 1917

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 53.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 58