by Lawrence Atkinson (1873 - 1931)
The Shawl
Language: English
The workers amid the peatfield wearies have one room to live in only This is so small that the great shawl of many patches that the women make fast together with coarse string covers the floor entirely. But the shawl that presently I myself will be bringing to you will have no joinings together. It will be of one great piece of pale flower colouring those that are too young to have certainty of shade And its edgings will be of the gold of new pennies And from the great looseness that will be falling about you for sure I will make unto you wings so that when you dance and for me only you will be dancing they will flutter in the sun like butterfly wings even to the covering of the worlds widest. The workers amid the peatfield wearies have one room to live in only This is so small that the great shawl of many patches that the women make fast together with coarse string covers the floor entirely.
Authorship:
- by Lawrence Atkinson (1873 - 1931), "The Shawl" [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 Dorothy Hogben (1898 - 1989), "The Shawl" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-18
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Word count: 172