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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

I Wish it Were T. S. Eliot
 (Sung text for setting by J. Adolphe)
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Language: English 
I never want to rise again
Don’t shy away
You are the smile behind my lips
A passing thought –
Awaken all my senses so I may rise
Transposing into air
Open your ways
You’ve weakened my senses
I wish it were –
Read to me
Of Macavity, “Hysteria,” and the “Whispers of Immortality”
I’€™m holding T. S. Eliot
I wish it were you

Composition:

    Set to music by Julia Adolphe (b. 1988), "I Wish it Were T. S. Eliot", 2009, first performed 2009 [ tenor and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Morning at the Window"

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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-23
Line count: 13
Word count: 64

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