by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
When I go free
Language: English
When I go free, I think 'twill be A night of stars and snow, And the wild fires of frost shall light My footsteps as I go; Nobody--nobody will be there With groping touch, or sight, To see me in my bush of hair Dance burning through the night.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The salamander", appears in The Sunken Garden and Other Poems, first published 1917 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "When I go free", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edgar Martin Deale (1902 - 1999), "The little salamander", 1945 [ SSATB chorus and orchestra ], from Walter de la Mare Suite [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The little salamander", published 1924, first performed 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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