by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
The way a crow
Language: English
The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Dust of snow", appears in New Hampshire [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 William Thayer Ames (1901 - 1987), "Dust of snow", published 1945 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (1908 - 2012), "Dust of snow", 1942, from Three Poems of Robert Frost, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "The dust of snow", 1954 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961), "Dust Of Snow", op. 104 no. 4 (2007) [ baritone and piano ], from Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "Dust of snow" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "Dust of snow", op. 76 no. 1 (1957), from Robert Frost Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Annetta Rosser (1938 - 1998), "Dust of snow", published 1997, from Winter Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 34