by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
The song for Colin
Language: English
I sang a song at dusking time
Beneath the evening star,
And Terence left his latest rhyme
To answer from afar.
Pierrot laid down his lute to weep,
And sighed, "She sings for me,"
But Colin slept a careless sleep
Beneath an apple tree.
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The song for Colin", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911 [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 Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "The song for Colin", published 1970 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from First Person Feminine, no. 3, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 44