by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
I wandered through a house of many rooms
Language: English
I wandered through a house of many rooms. It grew darker and darker, Until, at last, I could only find my way By passing my fingers along the wall. Suddenly my hand shot through an open window, And the thorn of a rose I could not see Pricked it so sharply That I cried aloud.
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Text Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), no title, appears in Pictures of the Floating World, in Dreams in War Time, no. 1, first published 1919 [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 Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "I wandered through a house of many rooms", 2003, first performed 2011 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Dreams in War Time -- 7 songs for Mezzo and Piano, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
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