Song Cycle by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897-1965)

1. Sunset

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by Catherine Riegger , copyright © by Catherine Riegger, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

The hour of ruin is begun
In glimmer of the western tide.
The golden lava of the sun
Floods down the cloudy mountainside
 
And brings a death of fire and pain
Those ancient cities have not known
Who perished underneath a rain
Of hissing rock and molten stone.
 
Death coursing with a swift delight
Shall overtake me as I stand
Before the coming of the light
Upon the burning western land.

2. Rest

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by Catherine Riegger , copyright © by Catherine Riegger, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Anchor your flight, o winging birds,
To summer's many-nested trees;
And stars, throw down your silver cords
That bind you deeply to the seas.
 
There may be then one low-built shore
Where our unquiet minds find rest,
Such as the star knows in the deep
And the sleeping bird in the nest.

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