The Snow Fall

"The Snow Fall" is the final movement in Miriam Gideon's song cycle Spirit Above the Dust.

Date: 1981Composer: Miriam GideonText: Archibald MacLeishSong Collection: Spirit Above the Dust

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The Snow Fall
by Archibald MacLeish

Quietness clings to the air.
Quietness gathers the bell
To a great distance.
Listen!
This is the snow.
This is the slow
Chime
The snow
Makes.
It encloses us.
Time in the snow is alone:
Time in the snow is at last,
Is past.

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Spirit Above the Dust

Composer(s): Miriam Gideon

Song(s): 1. Prologue
2. Know the World
3. The Two Trees
4. The Linden Branch
5. Black Boy
6. My Caliban Creature
Interlude
7. The Snow Fall

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