by Helen Louise Birch (1883 - 1925)
Opiate
Language: English
I would bathe in the sky's blue, I would overflow the world with my laughter and my love, I would vanish like a circle upon the water. But I would not move To accomplish these— Or any other Things.
Confirmed with Helen Birch Bartlett, Opiate, in: Poetry, Vol. 29, No. 1, Poetry Foundation, 1926, p.19
Text Authorship:
- by Helen Louise Birch (1883 - 1925), "Opiate" [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 Jodi Goble (b. 1974), "Opiate" [ soprano and piano ], from Sea Creatures, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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