by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Night Stuff
Language: English
Listen a while, the moon is a lovely woman, a lonely woman, lost in a silver dress, lost in a circus rider's silver dress. Listen a while, the lake by night is a lonely woman, a lovely woman, circled with birches and pines mixing their green and white among stars shattered in spray clear nights. I know the moon and the lake have twisted the roots under my heart the same as a lonely woman, a lovely woman, in a silver dress, in a circus rider's silver dress.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Night Stuff", appears in Smoke and Steel, 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 Michael Ippolito (b. 1985), "Night Stuff", 2008 [ soprano and piano ], from Moonsongs, no. 6, confirmed with a score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Howard Schuman (1910 - 1992), "Night Stuff", published 1942 [ SST chorus a cappella ], from Four Canonic Choruses [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 88