by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
Girl with the burning golden eyes
Language: English
Girl with the burning golden eyes, And red-bird song, and snowy throat: I bring you gold and silver moons And diamond stars, and mists that float. I bring you moons and snowy clouds, I bring you prairie skies to-night To feebly praise your golden eyes And red-bird song, and throat so white.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "Once More -- To Gloriana", appears in The Congo and Other Poems, in 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech [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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Prologue: Once More - To Gloriana", 1998, first performed 1998 [voice and piano], from Songs to the Moon, Part 1: "Fairy-Tales for the Children", no. 1. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 52