© by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
Orchids
Language: English
They lean over the path [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "Orchids", appears in The Lost Son and Other Poems, first published 1948, copyright © [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 Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Orchids", published 1969 [ medium voice and piano ], from Two Poems of Theodore Roethke, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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