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by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)

Fu I/ Fu I loved the high cloud and the...
Language: English 
Fu I
 Fu I loved the high cloud and the hill,
 Alas, he died of alcohol.

Li Po
 And Li Po also died drunk.
 He tried to embrace a moon
 In the Yellow River.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "Epitaphs", appears in Lustra, first published 1916 [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 Jacob Avshalomov (1919 - 2013), "Fu-Yi", 1956 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916 - 2003), "Epitaphs", published 1970 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-21
Line count: 7
Word count: 34

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