Just now,
Out of the strange
Still dusk . . . as strange, as still . . .
A white moth flew . . . Why am I grown
So cold?

Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "The warning"

Composition:

Set to music by Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "The warning" [ voice and accordion ], from Five Cinquains, no. 4

Text Authorship:

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

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-05-07
Line count: 5
Word count: 31