Central Park at Dusk

Buildings above the leafless trees
 Loom high as castles in a dream,
While one by one the lamps come out
 To thread the twilight with a gleam.

There is no sign of leaf or bud,
 A hush is over everything --
Silent as women wait for love,
 The world is waiting for the spring.

by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) , "Central Park at Dusk", from Helen of Troy and Other Poems, published 1911

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 , "Central Park at Dusk", 2007 [mezzo soprano and piano], from New York Sorrows, no. 1.
by John Woods Duke (1899-1984) , "Central Park at Dusk", published 1949. [medium voice, piano]

Date added to the website: 2004-12-28.

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