by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Being young and green
Language: English
Being young and green I said in love's despite; Never in the world will I to living wight Give over, air my mind to any one, Hang out its ancient secrets in the strong wind To be shredded and faded. Oh me invaded and sacked by the wind and sun.
Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), "Being Young and Green", appears in The Buck in the Snow, first published 1928 [author's text not yet checked 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 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975), "Being young and green", 1940, published 1942, first performed 1941 [low voice, piano], from Seven American Poems, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 50