by Jon Rinka ( flourished 1983 )
We spoke of things too deep for words
Language: English
We spoke of things too deep for words
and worlds sped by.
Songs from the spheres sang on
while peacocks preened
and lions danced.
Silence and Sound met at last
and fell in love
and in due time
Human speech was born
too deep for words.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jon Rinka ( flourished 1983 ) [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 Edith Borroff (1925 - 2019), no title, 1983 [ ssaattbb chorus ], ACA
Publisher: ACA [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-11-07
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