by Edgar Lee Masters (1868 - 1950)
Alexander Throckmorton
Language: English
In youth my wings were strong and tireless, But I did not know the mountains. In age I knew the mountains But my weary wings could not follow my vision-- Genius is wisdom and youth.
Confirmed with Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921, page 127.
Authorship:
- by Edgar Lee Masters (1868 - 1950), "Alexander Throckmorton", appears in Spoon River Anthology [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 Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Alexander Throckmorton", 1975 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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