by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)

Language: English 
The girl in the tea shop
Is not so beautiful as she was,
The August has worn against her.
She does not get up the stairs so eagerly;
Yes, she also will turn middle-aged,
And the glow of youth that she spread about us
As she brought us our muffins
Will be spread about us no longer.
She also will turn middle-aged.

Composition:

    Set to music by John G. Koch (b. 1928), "The Tea Shop", published 1965 [ medium voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "The Tea Shop", appears in Lustra, first published 1916

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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2004-05-27
Line count: 9
Word count: 62