by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Approach of winter
Language: English
The half-stripped trees struck by a wind together, bending all, the leaves flutter drily and refuse to let go or driven like hail stream bitterly out to one side and fall where the salvias, hard carmine -- like no leaf that ever was -- edge the bare garden.
Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), "Approach of winter", appears in Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems, first published 1921 [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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Approach of Winter", copyright © 2002 [chorus and viola or violoncello], from vignettes - flowers, no. 7, confirmed with an online score [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Robin Holloway (b. 1943), "Approach of winter", op. 32 no. 11 (1977), published 1978 [tenor and piano], from This is just to say, no. 11, London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes [ sung text not verified ]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-31
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Word count: 47