by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
I have heard the sunset song of the...
Language: English
"I have heard the sunset song of the birches, A white melody in the silence, I have seen a quarrel of the pines. At nightfall The little grasses have rushed by me With the wind men. These things have I lived," quoth the maniac, "Possessing only eyes and ears. But you -- You don green spectacles before you look at roses."
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Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900), no title, appears in War Is Kind and Other Lines, no. 7, first published 1899 [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 N. Barrett-Thomas , "I have heard the sunset song", published 1970 [alto and piano], from Songs of Singing [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-02-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 60