How countlessly they congregate O'er our tumultuous snow, Which flows in shapes as tall as trees When wintry winds do blow! -- As if with keenness for our fate, Out faltering few steps on To white rest, and a place of rest Invisible at dawn, -- And yet with neither love nor hate, Those stars like some snow-white Minerva's snow-white marble eyes Without the gift of sight.
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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), "Stars", op. 104 no. 5 (2007) [ baritone and piano ], from Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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