by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
A Waist
Language: English
A star glide, a single frantic sullenness, a single financial grass greediness. Object that is in wood. Hold the pine, hold the dark, hold in the rush, make the bottom. A piece of crystal. A change, in a change that is remarkable there is no reason to say that there was a time. A woolen object gilded. A country climb is the best disgrace, a couple of practices any of them in order is so left.
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Authorship:
- by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), "A Waist" [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 Scott Wheeler (b. 1952), "A Waist", 1979 [ voice and piano ], from Oranges and Lemons, no. 2, Scott Wheeler Music [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Eric Saroian
This text was added to the website: 2022-05-17
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