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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Grey eyes
 (Sung text for setting by R. Sowash)
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Language: English 
It was April when you came
 The first time to me,
And my first look in your eyes
 Was like my first look at the sea.

We have been together
 Four Aprils now
Watching for the green
 On the swaying willow bough;

Yet whenever I turn
 To your gray eyes over me,
It is as though I looked
 For the first time at the sea.

Composition:

    Set to music by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Grey eyes", 1980 [ soprano and cello ], from Bright April, no. 5

Text Authorship:

  • by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Gray eyes"

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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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