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Night
English source:
Louise C. Wallace
Night comes, a Madonna clad in scented blue.
Rose red her mouth and deep her eyes,
She lights her stars, and turns to where,
Beneath her silver lamp the moon,
Upon a couch of shadow lies
A dreamy child,
The wearied Day.
Rose red her mouth and deep her eyes,
She lights her stars, and turns to where,
Beneath her silver lamp the moon,
Upon a couch of shadow lies
A dreamy child,
The wearied Day.
Composer
Florence Price
Florence Price (1887-1953) is widely admired as the first African-American woman to be a successful a composer of symphonies in the 1930s. Price’s comfortable social status undoubtedly afforded her a certain level of social mobility and class…
Poet
Performances
Upcoming Performances
- Schubert, Burleigh, Larsen 24 Oct 2024
Previously performed at:
- Sketches of Homeland 19 Oct 2023
- 83. Gweneth Ann Rand: Four Last Songs 20 Oct 2021