P aul G ibson
I S it and T hink of I t A ll
T hree short poems by S ara Teasdale for S AT B chorus, unaccompanied
G R AY E Y E S
I S it and T hink of I t A ll
P oems by S ara Teasdale from F lame and S hadow
I t was A pril when you came
T he first time to me,
A nd my first look in your eyes
Was like my first look at the sea.
We have been together
F our A prils now
Watching for the green
O n the swaying willow bough;
Yet whenever I turn
To your gray eyes over me,
I t is as though I looked
F or the first time at the sea
D I D Y O U N E V E R K N O W
D id you never know, long ago, how much you loved me
T hat your love would never lessen and never go?
You were young then, proud and fresh-hearted, You were too young to know.
F ate is a wind, and red leaves fly before it
F ar apart, far away in the gusty time of year –
S eldom we meet now, but when I hear you speaking,
I know your secret, my dear, my dear
N I G H T FA L L
We will never walk again
A s we used to walk at night,
Watching our shadows lengthen
U nder the gold street-light
W hen the snow was new and white
We will never walk again
S lowly, we two, I n spring when the park is sweet
With midnight and with dew,
A nd the passers-by are few
I sit and think of it all,
A nd the blue J une twilight dies, –
D own in the clanging square
A street-piano cries
A nd stars come out in the skies.
I S it and T hink of I t A ll
would,
wind, and red leaves fly be fore - it
a way - in the gus ty, - gusis a wind, and red leaves fly be fore - it
F ar
a part, - far a way - in the gus ty, - gus ty - time of year–
ty - time of year– gus mp ty - time of year–
dom we meet now, we meet now, but when I hear you speak ing, - when I hear you speak ing, -
we now we sel dom - meet you speak
dm
we now we sel dom - meet you
my p dear, my dear, my f dear
I p know your se cret, - my p dear, my dear, my f dear
I p know your se cret, - my p dear, my dear, my f dear.
I p know your se cret, - my p dear, my dear, my f dear
S
ly, - we two,
S low ly, - we two,
S low ly, - we two, spring p when the park is sweet, is sweet gain S low ly, - we two, I n p spring when the park is sweet, is sweet
A nd
stars come out in the skies
in the skies, stars come out in the skies, the stars come in the skies, stars come out in the skies, the stars come in the skies, stars come out in the skies, the stars come
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