by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
The girl in the tea shop
Language: English
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The girl in the tea shop Is not so beautiful as she was, The August has worn against her. She does not get up the stairs so eagerly; Yes, she also will turn middle-aged, And the glow of youth that she spread about us As she brought us our muffins Will be spread about us no longer. She also will turn middle-aged.
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Text Authorship:
- by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "The Tea Shop", appears in Lustra, first published 1916 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The girl in the tea shop", 2009 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "The Tea-Shop Girl", op. 77 no. 4, published 1923 [ voice and piano with clarinet obbligato ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John G. Koch (1928 - 2014), "The Tea Shop", published 1965 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-27
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Word count: 62