by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986)
The world turns softly
Language: English
The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers. The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water. What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky?
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Confirmed with Hilda Conkling, Poems by a Little Girl, Project Gutenberg.
Text Authorship:
- by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986), "Water", appears in Poems by a Little Girl [author's text checked 1 time 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 Judith Herrington , "What Is Water?", published 2021 [ chorus and piano ], Pavane Publishing
Publisher: Pavane Publishing [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Joshua Shank (b. 1980), "Water", first performed 2005 [ ssaa chorus and piano ], from Three Nightsongs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-07
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Word count: 37