by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
little fourpaws Matches original text
Language: English
why did you go little fourpaws? you forgot to shut your big eyes. where did you go? like little kittens are all the leaves which open in the rain. little kittens who are called spring, is what we stroke maybe asleep? do you know?or maybe did something go away ever so quietly when we weren't looking.
First published as "V" in Seven Poems, in The Dial, Vol. 68, No. 1, January 1920. Not included in the first edition of Tulips and Chimneys, but included in XLI Poems in 1925.
Composition:
- Set to music by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "little fourpaws", published 1946 [ medium voice and piano ], from Songs by E. E. Cummings, G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in XLI Poems, in 2. Chansons innocentes, no. 1, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 56