For a Poet

"For a Poet" is the seventh song in Dorothy Rudd Moore's song cycle From the Dark Tower for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano.

Date: 1972Composer: Dorothy Rudd MooreText: Countee CullenSong Collection: From the Dark Tower

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    For a Poet by Countee Cullen

    I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
    And laid them away in a box of gold;
    Where long will cling the lips of the moth,
    I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth;
    I hide no hate; I am not even wroth
    Who found earth’s breath so keen and cold;
    I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
    And laid them away in a box of gold.

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    Moore: “To a Poet”

    2017

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