He rode over Connecticut

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by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)

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(Sung text for setting by L. Foss)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

He rode over Connecticut
In a glass coach.
Once, a fear pierced him,
In that he mistook
The shadow of his equipage
For Blackbirds.

Composition:

Lukas Foss

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Text Authorship:

by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 11, first published 1917

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 24

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