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by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)

You are a sunrise
Language: English 
You are a sunrise,
If a star should rise instead of the sun. 
You are a moonrise.
If a star should come, in the place of the moon. 
You are the Spring,
If a face should bloom.
Instead of an apple-bough. 
You are my love
If your heart is as kind
As your young eyes now.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "To a golden-haired girl in a Louisiana town" [author's text not yet checked 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 Richard Hageman (1881 - 1966), "To a golden-haired girl", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Frederick McKay (1899 - 1970), "To a golden-haired girl", published 1936 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 56

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