by Lola Ridge (1873 - 1941)
It's strange about stars
Language: English
It's strange about stars ... You have to be still when they look at you. They push your song inside of you with their song. Their long silvery rays sink into you and do not hurt. It is good to feel them resting on you like great white birds... and their shining whiteness doesn't burn like the sun — it washes all over you and makes you feel cleaner'n water.
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Confirmed with Lola Ridge, Sun-Up and Other Poems, The Project Gutenberg
Text Authorship:
- by Lola Ridge (1873 - 1941), no title, appears in Sun-Up and Other Poems, in 4. Betty, no. 4 [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 Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980), "It's strange about stars...", 2014, copyright © 2014, first performed 2014 [ ssaa chorus ], from Lola Ridge Songs, no. , Mormolyke
Score: Mormolyke [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-02
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Word count: 69