Two Songs

Song Cycle by Alexander Rihm

?. Joy [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
      I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
      Now at last I can die!

I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
      I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
      Now at last I can live!

Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Joy", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915

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Total word count: 62