by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
The grip of the ice is gone now
Language: English
The grip of the ice is gone now. The silvers chase purple. The purples tag silver. They let out their runners Here where summer says to the lilies: "Wish and be wistful, Circle this wind-hunted, wind-sung water." Come along always, come along now. You for me, kiss me, pull me by the ear. Push me along with the wind push. Sing like the whinnying wind. Sing like the hustling obstreperous wind. Have you ever seen deeper purple ... this in my wild wind fingers? Could you have more fun with a pony or a goat? Have you seen such flicking heels before, Silver jig heels on the purple sky rim? Come along always, come along now.
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Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring", 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 Elinor Remick Warren (1900 - 1991), "The Wind Sings Welcome", published 1950 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Singing Earth, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-07-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 115