by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
Prime
Language: English
Your voice is like bells over roofs at dawn When a bird flies And the sky changes to a fresher color. Speak, speak, Beloved. Say little things For my ears to catch And run with them to my heart.
Text Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925) [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 Rachel Devore Fogarty , "Prime", 2016 [ high voice, piano ], from Say Little Things, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-10-07
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