H. Leslie Adams: Five Millay Songs (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I looked in my heart [while]¹ the wild swans went over.
And what did I see I had not seen before?
Only a question less or a question more:
Nothing to match the flight of wild birds flying.

Tiresome heart, forever living and dying,
House without air, I leave you and lock your door.
Wild swans, come over the town, come over
The town again, trailing your legs and crying!

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¹ Steele: "when"

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2. Branch by Branch

Language: English

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Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)


Branch by branch this tree has died
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3. For You There Is No Song

Language: English

Authorship

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

Huntsman, What Quarry?


For you there is no song
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4. The Return from Town

Language: English

Authorship

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

The Harp-Weaver and other poems

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As I sat down by Saddle Stream
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5. Gone Again is Summer the Lovely

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Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

The Buck in the Snow

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Gone, gone again is Summer the lovely
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