by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
the/ nimble
Language: English
the nimble heat had long on a certain taut precarious holiday frighteningly performed and at tremont and bromfield i paused a moment because on the frying curb the quiet face lay which had been dorothy and once permitted me for twenty iron men her common purple soul the absurd eyelids sulked enormous sobs puckered the foolish breasts the droll mouth wilted and not old,harry,a woman in the crowd whinnied and a man squeezing her waist said the cop ’s rung for the wagon but as i was lifting the horror of her toylike head and vainly tried to catch on funny hand opening the hard great eyes to noone in particular she gasped almost loudly i’m so drunG k,dear
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Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 7. Portraits, no. 1, first published 1923 [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), "i'm so drunGk, dear", 2007 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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