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