by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Among/ the leaves
Language: English
Among the leaves bright green of wrist-thick tree and old stiff broken branch ferncool swaying loosely strung- come May again white blossom clusters hide to spill their sweets almost unnoticed down and quickly fall
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Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), "The Locust Tree in Flower" [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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Spring", copyright © 2010 [satb chorus], from Seasons, no. 2, confirmed with an online score [ sung text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-01
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Word count: 34