As imperceptibly as Grief
The Summer lapsed away—
Too imperceptible at last
To seem like Perfidy—
A Quietness distilled
As Twilight long begun,
Or Nature spending with herself
Sequestered Afternoon—
The Dusk drew earlier in—
The Morning foreign shone—
A courteous, yet harrowing Grace,
As Guest, that would be gone—
And thus, without a Wing
Or service of a Keel
Our Summer made her light escape
Into the Beautiful.
The Summer lapsed away—
Too imperceptible at last
To seem like Perfidy—
A Quietness distilled
As Twilight long begun,
Or Nature spending with herself
Sequestered Afternoon—
The Dusk drew earlier in—
The Morning foreign shone—
A courteous, yet harrowing Grace,
As Guest, that would be gone—
And thus, without a Wing
Or service of a Keel
Our Summer made her light escape
Into the Beautiful.
Other albums by the artist
Fairest Isle
2000 · album
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Berg: Seven Early Songs
1999 · album
Barbara Bonney - Diamonds In The Snow
1999 · album
Renée Fleming - Strauss Heroines
1999 · album
Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs
1999 · album
Barbara Bonney Sings Mozart
1998 · album
American Songs
1997 · album
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