by Archibald MacLeish (1892 - 1982)
An eternity
Language: English
There is no dusk to be,
There is no dawn that was,
Only there's now, and now,
And the wind in the grass.
Days I remember of
Now in my heart, are now;
Days that I dream will bloom
White the peach bough.
Dying shall never be
Now in the windy grass;
Now under shooken leaves
Death never was.
Text Authorship:
- by Archibald MacLeish (1892 - 1982), "An eternity", appears in Tower of Ivory, first published 1917 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "An eternity", 2010 [low voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 59