by Maurice Denton (1915 - 1948)
The Freedom of the City
Language: English
"I am the fever in the head, The bitterness between the sheets, The madness that is hard and dead, The horror of the streets." Here as I lie awake and dry It presses on me still The agony of wandering And going where you will.
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Denton (1915 - 1948) [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 Howard Ferguson (1908 - 1999), "The Freedom of the City", from Discovery, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-06
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Word count: 45