by Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)
I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen...
Language: English
I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell,
Like a Sun, in his last deep hour;
Watched the magnificent recession of farewell,
Clouding, half gleam, half glower,
And a last splendour burn the heavens of his cheek.
And in his eyes
The cold stars lighting, very old and bleak,
In different skies.
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Text Authorship:
- by Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918), "Fragment: a farewell", from Poems, first published 1931 [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 John E. Cousins , "Fragment: a farewell", 1971 [ baritone, flute, double piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, trombone, piano, and 3 percussion ], from Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elaine Hugh-Jones (b. 1927), "I saw his round mouth's crimson" [ tenor or baritone and piano or orchestra ], from Songs of War, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger S. Keele (b. 1954), "I saw his round mouth's crimson", 1999 [ baritone and piano ], from Three British Poems for Baritone and Piano, no. 2, Dowling Music [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-18
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Word count: 54