by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Blue‑Butterfly Day
Language: English
It is blue-butterfly day here in spring, And with these sky-flakes down in flurry on flurry There is more unmixed color on the wing Than flowers will show for days unless they hurry. But these flowers are that fly and all but sing: And now from having ridden out desire They life closed over in the wind and cling Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) [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 Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961), "Blue-Butterfly Day", op. 104 no. 2 (2007) [ baritone and piano ], from Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 67