by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
the rose/ is dying the
Language: English
the rose is dying the lips of an old man murder the petals hush mysteriously invisible mourners move with prose faces and sobbing,garments The symbol of the rose motionless with grieving feet and wings mounts against the margins of steep song a stallion swetneess ,the lips of an old man murder the petals.
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Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 7. Portraits, no. 7, first published 1923 [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 James Yannatos (1929 - 2011), "the rose", published 1972 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Three Settings of E. E. Cummings [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 53