by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Language: English
Butterflies are white and blue In this field we wander through. Suffer me to take your hand. Death comes in a day or two. All the things we ever knew Will be ashes in that hour. Mark the transient butterfly, How he hangs upon a flower. Suffer me to take your hand, Suffer me to cherish you Till the dawn is in the sky, Whether I be false or true. Death comes in a day or two.
Composition:
- Set to music by Lynn Steele (1951 - 2002), "Mariposa" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Seven Songs of Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), from Second April, first published 1921
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Researcher for this page: Lynn Steele
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 78