[When]1 I stand under the willow tree
Above the river,
In my straw-coloured silken garment
[Embroidered with purple chrysanthemums]1,
It is not at the bright water
[That I am gazing]2
But at your [face]3
Which I have [caused to be]1 painted
On my fan.

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¹ omitted by Rahn
² Rahn: "I gaze"
³ Rahn: "portrait"

Text Authorship:

• by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), "Vicarious", appears in Pictures of the Floating World, 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 Flicka Rahn (b. 1944), "Vicarious" [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Alexander Lang Steinert (1900 - 1982), "Vicarious", published 1932 [medium voice, piano], from Four Lacquer Prints, no. 1. [
   text not verified 
  ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 44