Two Short Poems by Robert Frost

Song Cycle by Cecil William Bentz (b. 1915)

?. Nothing gold can stay [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Nature's first green is gold, 
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Nothing gold can stay", appears in New Hampshire, first published 1923

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?. Waspish [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

On glossy wires artistically bent,
He draws himself up to his full extent,
His natty wings with self-assurance perk.
His stinging quarters menacingly work.
Poor egotist, he has no way of knowing
But he's as good as anybody going.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Waspish", appears in A Further Range, first published 1936

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