by Archibald Randolph Ammons (1926 - 2001)
Eyesight
Language: English
It was May before my attention came to spring and my word I said to the southern slopes I've missed it, it came and went before I got right to see: don't worry, said the mountain, try the later northern slopes or if you can climb, climb into spring: but said the mountain it's not that way with all things, some that go are gone
Text Authorship:
- by Archibald Randolph Ammons (1926 - 2001), "Eyesight" [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 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939), "Eyesight", 1982 [ soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano and percussion ], from Passages, no. 1, Margun Music
Publisher: Wise Music Classical [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-01-23
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Word count: 65