by Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963)
Comeback
Language: English
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Come back To the same place The same face The same brute shout Ah, A Miracle There is a charge for the eyeing Of my scars And there is a charge For the hearing Of my heart. Iam your opus. I am your valuable. The pure gold baby That melts To a shriek. Beware Out of the Ash I rise And I eat Men like Air
Text Authorship:
- by Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963), "Comeback" [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 Odaline de la Martinez (b. 1949), "Comeback", 1976/2017 [ soprano and piano ], from After Sylvia, no. 4, Composers Edition
Score: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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