by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
I painted the leaves of bushes red Matches original text
Language: English
I painted the leaves of bushes red And shouted: “Fire! Fire!” But the neighbors only laughed. “We cannot warm our hands at them,” they said. Then they cut down my bushes, And made a bonfire, And danced about it. But I covered my face and wept, For ashes are not beautiful Even in the dawn.
Composition:
- Set to music by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "I painted the leaves of bushes red", 2003, first performed 2011 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Dreams in War Time -- 7 songs for Mezzo and Piano, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), no title, appears in Pictures of the Floating World, in Dreams in War Time, no. 4, first published 1919
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 55