by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Summer Song
Language: English
Wanderer moon smiling a faintly ironical smile at this brilliant, dew-moistened summer morning,— a detached sleepily indifferent smile, a wanderer’s smile,— if I should buy a shirt your color and put on a necktie sky-blue where would they carry me?
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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Summer Song", copyright © 2010 [satb chorus], from Seasons, no. 3, 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: 40