by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
May Day
Language: English
The shining line of motors, The swaying motor-bus, The prancing dancing horses Are passing by for us. The sunlight on the steeple, The toys we stop to see, The smiling passing people Are all for you and me. "I love you and I love you!" -- "And oh, I love you, too!" "All of the flower girl's lilies Were only grown for you!" Fifth Avenue and April And love and lack of care -- The world is mad with music Too beautiful to bear.
Confirmed with Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, ed. The Book of New York Verse. New York: G. P. Putnamâs Sons, 1917; Bartleby.com, 2011. www.bartleby.com/259/206.html
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Authorship
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "May Day" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "May Day", c1960. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 82