by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
I am the still rain falling
Language: English
I am the still rain falling, Too tired for singing mirth -- Oh, be the green fields calling, Oh, be for me the earth! I am the brown bird pining To leave the nest and fly -- Oh, be the fresh cloud shining, Oh, be for me the sky!
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Moods", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [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 Mark Andrews (1875 - 1939), "Moods", published 1926 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Reinhold Busch (1862 - 1943), "Moods", published 1921 [ high voice or medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric De Lamarter (1880 - 1953), "Moods", published 1920 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "I am the still rain falling", 2012, first performed 2013 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roland Farley (1892 - 1932), "I am the still rain", published 1926 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], from Two Poems by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Houston Spencer (1895 - 1967), "Moods", published 1920 [ medium voice or low voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 47