by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
Euclid
Language: English
Old Euclid drew a circle On a sand-beach long ago. He bounded and enclosed it With angles thus and so. His set of solemn greybeards Nodded and argued much Of arc and of circumference, Diameter and such. A silent child stood by them From morning until noon Because they drew such charming Round pictures of the moon.
Text Authorship:
- by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "Euclid", appears in The Congo and Other Poems, in 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech, in 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children, no. 1, first published 1914 [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), "Euclid", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Euclid", 1998, first performed 1998 [ voice and piano ], from Songs to the Moon, Part 1: "Fairy-Tales for the Children", no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991), "Euclid", copyright © 1940 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Tepper (b. 1921), "Euclid", published 1951 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 57