Teach me your mood, O patient stars

Teach me your mood, O patient stars 
Who climb each night, the ancient sky, 
leaving on space no shade, no scars, 
no trace of age, no fear to die.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) , from Poems, published 1884

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

by Leslie R. Bassett (1923-) , "Teach me your mood, O patient stars", published c1977, from Five Love Songs, no. 4.

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