by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Like barley bending
Language: English
Like barley bending In low fields by the sea, Singing in hard wind Ceaselessly; Like barley bending And rising again, So would I, unbroken, Rise from pain; So would I softly, Day long, night long, Change my sorrow Into song.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Like barley bending", appears in Flame and Shadow, 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 Leo Rich Lewis (1865 - 1945), "Like barley bending", published 1933. [TTBB chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Mildred Lund Tyson (1900 - ?), "Like barley bending", published 1932. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 40