by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
To a young poet
Language: English
Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird. Bird and wing together Go down, one feather. No thing that ever flew, Not the lark, not you, Can die as others do.
Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), "To a young poet" [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 Richard Pearson Thomas (b. 1957), "To a young poet" [soprano, piano], from Songs To Poems Of Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 2. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-08-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 32