by Conrad Aiken (1889 - 1973)
You are as beautiful as white clouds
Language: English
You are as beautiful as white clouds Flowing among bright stars at night: You are as beautiful as pale clouds Which the moon sets alight. You are as lovely as golden stars Which white clouds try to brush away: You are as bright as golden stars When they come out to play. You are as glittering as those stairs Of stone down which the blue brooks run: You are as shining as sea-waves All hastening to the sun.
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Authorship:
- by Conrad Aiken (1889 - 1973), no title, appears in The Charnel Rose, Senlin: A Biography, and Other Poems, in Variations, no. 6, 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), "Enchantment", published 1920. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 78