These be
three silent things:
The falling snow . . . the hour
Before the dawn . . . the mouth of one
Just dead.

Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "Triad" sung twice.

Composition:

Set to music by Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "Triad" [ voice and accordion ], from Five Cinquains, no. 2

Text Authorship:

• by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Triad", appears in Verse, first published 1915

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-13
Line count: 5
Word count: 25