by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Teach me your mood, O patient stars Matches base text
Language: English
Teach me your mood, O patient stars Who climb each night, the ancient sky, leaving on space no shade, no scars, no trace of age, no fear to die.
Composition:
- Set to music by Leslie R. Bassett (b. 1923), "Teach me your mood, O patient stars", published c1977, from Five Love Songs, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), appears in Poems, first published 1884
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