Come

Come, when the pale moon like a petal
      Floats in the pearly dusk of spring,
Come with arms outstretched to take me,
      Come with lips pursed up to cling.

Come, for life is a frail moth flying
      Caught in the web of the years that pass,
And soon we two, so warm and eager
      Will be as the gray stones in the grass.

by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) , "Come", from Rivers to the Sea, published 1915

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

by Arthur Bergh (1882-1962) , "Come with arms outstretched", published 1941. [voice and piano]
by Cordelia A. Paine , "Come", published 1924. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-06-04.

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