by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)

Language: English 
Among
the leaves
bright

green
of wrist-thick
tree

and old
stiff broken
branch

ferncool
swaying
loosely strung-

come May
again
white blossom

clusters
hide
to spill

their sweets
almost
unnoticed

down
and quickly
fall

Composition:

    Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Spring", copyright © 2010 [ satb chorus ], from Seasons, no. 2, confirmed with an online score

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-01
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Word count: 34