by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914)
Language: English
I make my shroud but no one knows, So shimmering fine it is and fair, With stitches set in even rows. I make my shroud but no one knows. In door-way where the lilac blows, Humming a little wandering air, I make my shroud and no one knows, So shimmering fine it is and fair.
Composition:
- Set to music by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "The shroud", from Night Songs, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Song", appears in Verse, first published 1915
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55