Echo
Language: English
I hear at night a freight train's far-off thunder and whistlewail of warning as it nears a crossing three towns distant; and I wonder at how such sounds can span both miles and years.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elaine Fine (b. 1959), "Echo", 2005 [voice and piano], from Musings and Observations, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-19
Line count: 5
Word count: 34