by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
I Walked in a Desert
Language: English
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I walked in a desert. And I cried, "Ah, God, take me from this place!" A voice said, "It is no desert." I cried, "Well, But — The sand, the heat, the vacant horizon." A voice said, "It is no desert."
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900) [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 Ellen Fishman , "I Walked in a Desert", 2009 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
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