by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
I saw a star slide down the sky
Language: English
I saw a star slide down the sky, Blinding the north as it went by, Too burning and too quick to hold, Too lovely to be bought or sold, Good only to make wishes on And then forever to be gone.
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Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Sara Teasdale , Delphi Classics, 2018
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The falling star", appears in Stars To-Night, no. 3 [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 Grace-Evangeline Mason (b. 1994), "Blinding, Burning, Lovely", 2017 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-09
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