by Lola Ridge (1873 - 1941)
(Shadows over a cradle
Language: English
(Shadows over a cradle... fire-light craning... A hand throws something in the fire and a smaller hand runs into the flame and out again, singed and empty... Shadows settling over a cradle... two hands and a fire.)
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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 1. Sun-Up, no. 1, first published 1920 [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), "Shadows over a cradle...", 2018, copyright © 2018, first performed 2018 [ ssaa chorus ], from Lola Ridge Songs, no. 2, 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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