by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Swirl
Language: English
A swirl in the air where your head was once, here. You walked under this tree, spoke to a moon for me I might almost stand here and believe you alive.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967) [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 Michael Ippolito (b. 1985), "Swirl", 2008 [soprano and piano], from Moonsongs, no. 5, confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-08-29
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