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