by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Memory of April
Language: English
You say love is this, love is that: Poplar tassels, willow tendrils the wind and the rain comb, tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip -- branches drifting apart. Hagh! Love has not even visited this country.
Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), "Memory of April", 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 Robin Holloway (b. 1943), "Memory of April", op. 32 no. 4 (1977), published 1978 [tenor and piano], from This is just to say, no. 4, London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-31
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Word count: 36