A burnt offering

Because there was no wind, 
The smoke of your letters hung in the air 
For a long time ; 
And its shape
Was the shape of your face, 
My Beloved.

by Amy Lowell (1874-1925) , "A burnt offering", 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 Alexander Lang Steinert (1900-1982) , "A burnt offering", published 1932 [medium voice and piano], from Four Lacquer Prints, no. 4.

Date added to the website: 2009-02-18.

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