by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966)
The heart of a woman Matches base text
Language: English
The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn As a lone bird, soft winging so restlessly on. Afar o'er life's turrets and vales does it roam. In the wake of those echoes, the heart calls home. The heart of a woman falls back with the night And enters some alien cage in its plight, And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars While it breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars.
First published in The Book of American Negro Poetry, 1922.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Composition:
- Set to music by H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932), "The heart of a woman", from Nightsongs, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966), "The heart of a woman", first published 1922
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 74