by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Epitaph
Language: English
An old willow with hollow branches Slowly swayed his few high bright tendrils And sang: “Love is a young green willow Shimmering at the bare wood’s edge.”
Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Epitaph", copyright © 2004 [2 voices and 2 cellos], from Vignettes - Trees, no. 4, confirmed with an online score [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-04-25
Line count: 5
Word count: 27