for Dr. Rebecca R. Reames and the Crane School of Music Phoenix Club, Potsdam, NY
An Affirmation of Love for SSAA
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
Peter J. Durow
*I saw her in a Broadway car, The woman I might grow to be; I felt my lover look at her And then turn suddenly to me. Her hair was dull and drew no light, And yet its color was as mine; Her eyes were strangely like my eyes, Tho' love had never made them shine. Her body was a thing grown thin, Hungry for love that never came; Her soul was frozen in the dark, Unwarmed forever by love's flame. I felt my lover look at her And then turn suddenly to me His eyes were magic to defy The woman I shall never be.
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Soprano 2
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*Sara Teasdale's poem entitled "The Old Maid" was first published in the collection "Rivers to the Sea" (1915).
Copyright © 2009 Peter J. Durow
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