Boy at the window - de Lange, Huub

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"composition on a poem by Richard Wilbur. Song #1 of Four Wilbur Songs (Huub de Lange)."

⌛ Epoche → Zeitgenössisch ◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Besetzung → SATB ¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 5

CPDL Nr. 13652

Bearbeiter Huub de Lange

Veröffentlicht 2007-02-25

Lizenz Personal

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'''Boy at the Window''' Seeing the snowman standing all alone In dusk and cold is more than he can bear. The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare A night of gnashings and enormous moan. His tearful sight can hardly reach to where The pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes Returns him such a God-forsaken stare As outcast Adam gave to paradise. The man of snow is, nonetheless, content, Having no wish to go inside and die. Still, he is moved to see the youngster cry. Though frozen water is his element, He melts enough to drop from one soft eye A trickle of the purest rain, a tear For the child at the bright pane surrounded by Such warmth, such light, such love, and so much fear. '''Richard Wilbur'''