I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun, I will touch a hundred flowers And [not pick one.]1 I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes, Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass rise. And when lights begin to show Up from the town, I will mark which must be mine And then start down.
Two Songs for Children
Song Cycle by Jeremiah Evans (b. 1978)
Publisher: Sheet Music Direct (external link)1. Afternoon on a Hill [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), appears in Renascence and Other Poems, first published 1917
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View text without footnotes1 Grier: "pick not one."
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2. The Little Turtle [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
There was a little turtle. He lived in a box. He swam in a puddle. He climbed on the rocks. He snapped at a mosquito. He snapped at a flea. He snapped at a minnow. And he snapped at me. He caught the mosquito. He caught the flea. He caught the minnow. But he didn't catch me.
Text Authorship:
- by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "The little turtle", appears in The Golden Whales of California, first published 1920
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 119