To a Young Poet

"To a Young Poet" is the second song of Richard Pearson's song cycle Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Date: 1994Composer: Richard Pearson ThomasText: Edna St. Vincent MillaySong Collection: Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay

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To a Young Poet
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Time cannot break the bird’s wing from the bird.
Bird and wing together
Go down, one feather.

No thing that ever flew,
Not the lark, not you,
Can die as others do.

Sheet Music

Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas

Voice Type: Soprano

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