by Zora Cross (1890 - 1964)
Beloved stoop down thro' the clinging dark Matches base text
Language: English
Beloved stoop down thro' the clinging dark and comfort me. The faded flower lies mingled with the dust. And on the sea a lone seagull goes drifting by white-winged, white-winged but dead. Ah, fold me in your arms and shut out sea and land and sky, I would be lost merged utterly with thee. While floating by like ships at dusk so silently, cloud-clad, the white-winged dead.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Roy Ewing Agnew (1893 - 1944), "Beloved stoop down thro' the clinging dark", published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Two Songs for Medium Voice, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Zora Cross (1890 - 1964)
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