Walking (Ives, set by C. Ives) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A big October morning,
the village church-bells,
the road along the ridge,
the chestnut burr and sumach,
the hills above the bridge
with autumn colors glow.
Now we strike a steady gait,
walking towards the future,
letting past and present wait,
we push on in the sun,
Now hark! Something bids us pause...
But we keep on a walking,
'tis yet not noon-day, 
the road still calls us onward,
today we do not choose to die
or to dance, but to live and walk.

Authorship

Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

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Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

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