by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
White Moon comes in on a baby face
Language: English
White Moon comes in on a baby face. The shafts across her bed are flimmering. Out on the land White Moon shines, Shines and glimmers against gnarled shadows, All silver to slow twisted shadows Falling across the long road that runs from the house. Keep a little of your beauty And some of your flimmering silver For her by the window tonight Where you come in, White Moon.
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Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Baby face", first published 1918 [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 Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901 - 1953), "White Moon", 1929, published 1929, first performed 1930 [contralto and piano], from Five Songs, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 68