by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Under the harvest moon Matches original text
Language: English
Under the harvest moon, When the soft silver Drips shimmering Over the garden nights, Death, the gray mocker, Comes and whispers to you As a beautiful friend Who remembers. Under the summer roses When the flagrant crimson Lurks in the dusk Of the wild red leaves, Love, with little hands, Comes and touches you With a thousand memories, And asks you Beautiful, unanswerable questions.
Composition:
- Set to music by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "Under the harvest moon" [ soprano and piano ], from When the south wind sings -- 7 Songs for Soprano and Piano on Poems by Carl Sandburg, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Under the harvest moon", appears in Chicago Poems, first published 1916
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-17
Line count: 17
Word count: 65