Vicarious

I stand under the willow tree above the river
In my straw coloured silken garment.
It is not at the bright water I gaze
But at your face which I have painted on my fan.

by Amy Lowell (1874-1925) , "Vicarious", from Pictures of the Floating World, published 1919

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Flicka Rahn (1944-) , "Vicarious"
by Alexander Lang Steinert (1900-1982) , "Vicarious", published 1932 [medium voice, piano], from Four Lacquer Prints, no. 1.

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