by Elinor Wylie (1885 - 1928)

Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
Let us walk in the white snow
  In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
  At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.

I shall go shod in silk,
  And you in wool,
White as white cow's milk,
  More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.

 ... 

We shall walk in velvet shoes:
  Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
  On the white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.

Composition:

    Set to music by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984), "Velvet shoes", published 1938, stanzas 1-2,4 [ medium voice and piano ]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sammetschuh", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 96