by Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953)
On a wedding anniversary
Language: English
The sky is torn across This ragged anniversary of two Who moved for three years in tune Down the long walks of their vows. Now their love lies a loss And Love and his patients roar on a chain; From every tune or crater Carrying cloud, Death strikes their house. Too late in the wrong rain They come together whom their love parted: The windows pour into their heart And the doors burn in their brain.
Text Authorship:
- by Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), "On a wedding anniversary" [author's text not yet checked 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 Peter Dickinson (b. 1934), "On a wedding anniversary", from A Dylan Thomas Song Cycle, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 76