by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986)
The moon is thinking of the river
Language: English
The moon is thinking of the river Winding through the mountains far away, Because she has a river in her heart Full of the same silver.
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Confirmed with Hilda Conkling, Poems by a Little Girl, Project Gutenberg
Text Authorship:
- by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986), "Moon thought", appears in Poems by a Little Girl, 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 Rachel Devore Fogarty , "A river in her heart", 2018 [ voice and piano ], from Stories I Heard Yesterday, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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