by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)

Language: English 
Stars, I have seen them fall,
  But when they drop and die
No star is lost at all
  From all the star-sown sky.
The toil of all that be
  Helps not the primal fault;
It rains into the sea,
  And still the sea is salt.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Stars", 2005, first performed 2005 [ tenor and baritone with violin, viola, cello and piano ], from Here and Gone, no. 3

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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 45