by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Hyacinth
Language: English
I am in love with him to whom a hyacinth is dearer Than I shall ever be dear. On nights when the field-mice are abroad he cannot sleep: He hears their narrow teeth at the bulbs of his hyacinths. But the gnawing at my heart he does not hear.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Margaret Allison Bonds (1913 - 1972), "Hyacinth" [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs on poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sheila Silver (b. 1946), "Hyacinth", copyright © 2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Beauty Intolerable, no. 4, Argenta Music
Publisher: Sheila Silver [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-07-05
Line count: 5
Word count: 49