by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

Language: English 
White Moon comes in on a baby face.
The shafts across her bed are flimmering.
 
Out on the land White Moon shines,
Shines and glimmers against gnarled shadows,
All silver to slow twisted shadows
Falling across the long road that runs from the house.

Keep a little of your beauty
And some of your flimmering silver
For her by the window tonight
Where you come in, White Moon.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901 - 1953), "White Moon", 1929, published 1929, first performed 1930 [ contralto and piano ], from Five Songs, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Baby face", first published 1918

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 68