by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954)
The cage
Language: English
A leopard went around his cage from one side back to the other side; he stopped only when the keeper came around with meat; A boy who had been there three hours began to wonder, "Is life anything like that?"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The cage", 2006 [medium voice or high voice and piano], from The Circus Band and Other Delights, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The cage", 1906 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 40