Feast

"Feast" is an art song composed by Margaret Bonds with text derived from a poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The piece is part of Bonds' song cycle entitled Four Songs.

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I drank at every vine.
The last was like the first.
I came upon no wine
So wonderful as thirst.
I gnawed at every root.
I ate of every plant.
I came upon no fruit
So wonderful as want.
Feed the grape and bean
To the vintner and monger;
I will lie down lean
With my thirst and my hunger.