by Evelyn Scott (1893 - 1963)
From Brooklyn
Language: English
Along the shore A black net of branches Tangles the pulpy yellow lamps. The shell-colored sky is lustrous with the fading sun. Across the river Manhattan floats — Dim gardens of fire — And rushing invisible toward me through the fog, A hurricane of faces.
Confirmed with Evelyn Scott, Precipitations, The Project Gutenberg, 2003.
Text Authorship:
- by Evelyn Scott (1893 - 1963), "From Brooklyn", appears in Precipitations, first published 1920 [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 Rachel Devore Fogarty , "From Brooklyn", 2017 [ mezzo-soprano, harp, and flute ], from Manhattan: The Unpeopled City and Crowds, no. 1, With animated illustrations by Laura Boren [sung text checked 1 time]
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