by Conrad Aiken (1889 - 1973)
Red leaf, red leaf, falling to float
Language: English
Red leaf, red leaf, falling to float On the blue water among the cold clouds ... If I were a child I would call you a boat And sail to the moon ... I would sail to the moon with the dark king's daughter; The beautiful dreamer with green-slippered feet; Her long golden hair would shine on the water; Her eyes would be blue; And there she would sing, while the sail overhead Swelled with the wind, and the green waves flashed,-- Her red lips would sing, till the isle of the dead Rose darkly before us.
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Text Authorship:
- by Conrad Aiken (1889 - 1973), no title, appears in The Charnel Rose, Senlin: A Biography, and Other Poems, in Variations, no. 7, 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 Bainbridge Crist (1883 - 1969), "The Dark King's Daughter", published 1920. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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Word count: 95