by Nadejda de Bragança, Princess (1910 - 1946)
Parting
Language: English
A touch, the calling of a last goodbye, Sent the stars falling from my windy sky. The dark train hisses, screams, and bears me south With unborn kisses heavy in my mouth.
Authorship:
- by Nadejda de Bragança, Princess (1910 - 1946), appears in Poems for Music [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 Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986), "Parting" [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 32