by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
I wished to post a letter Matches original text
Language: English
I wished to post a letter, But although I paid much, Still the letter was overweight. “What is in this package?” said the clerk, “It is very heavy.” “Yes,” I said, “And yet it is only a dried fruit.”
Composition:
- Set to music by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "I wished to post a letter", 2003, first performed 2011 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Dreams in War Time -- 7 songs for Mezzo and Piano, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), no title, appears in Pictures of the Floating World, in Dreams in War Time, no. 6, first published 1919
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 7
Word count: 39