by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
I know what my heart is like
Language: English
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), "Ebb", appears in Second April, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joel Balzun (b. 1990), "Since your love died", 2011 [ vocal duet for tenor and baritone with piano ], from The strong, the strange, and the humble, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harrison Kerr (1897 - 1978), "Ebb", published 1975 [ soprano and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-03
Line count: 7
Word count: 35