Now to be with you, elate, unshared,
My kestrel joy, O hoverer in wind,
Over the quarry furiously at rest
Chaired on shoulders of shouting wind.
... But Stars Remaining
Set by Nicola LeFanu (b. 1947), "But Stars Remaining", 1970, published 1973 [ women's chorus a cappella ], Novello & Co Ltd
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- by Cecil Day Lewis (1904 - 1972), no title, appears in The Magnetic Mountain, no. 1, first published 1933, copyright ©
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]Rest from loving and be living.
Fallen is fallen past retrieving
The unique flyer dawn's dove
Arrowing down feathered with fire.
...
Here's no meaning but of morning.
Naught soon of night but stars remaining,
Sink lower, fade, as dark womb
Recedes creation will step clear.
Text Authorship:
- by Cecil Day Lewis (1904 - 1972), "Rest from loving and be living", appears in From Feathers to Iron, first published 1931, copyright ©
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]Author(s): Cecil Day Lewis (1904 - 1972)