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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
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{{Lyricist|Archibald MacLeish}} | {{Lyricist|Archibald MacLeish}} | ||
{{Voicing| | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Other}} | {{Genre|Secular|Other}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|Piano}} | {{Instruments|Piano}} | ||
{{Pub|1|1982|}} | {{Pub|1|1982|}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English| | {{Text|English| | ||
…It is colder now, | …It is colder now, | ||
there are many stars, | |||
we are drifting | we are drifting | ||
North by the Great Bear, | North by the Great Bear, | ||
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the crows are | the crows are | ||
Slow on their crooked wings, | Slow on their crooked wings, | ||
the jays have left us: | |||
Long since we passed the flares of Orion. | Long since we passed the flares of Orion. | ||
Each man believes in his heart he will die. | Each man believes in his heart he will die. | ||
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We lie down and the snow covers our garments. | We lie down and the snow covers our garments. | ||
I pray you, | I pray you, | ||
you (if any open this writing) | |||
Make in your mouths the words that were our names. | Make in your mouths the words that were our names. | ||
I will tell you all we have learned, | I will tell you all we have learned, | ||
I will tell you everything: | I will tell you everything: | ||
The earth is round, | The earth is round, | ||
there are springs under the orchards, | |||
The loam cuts with a blunt knife, | The loam cuts with a blunt knife, | ||
beware of | beware of | ||
Elms in thunder, | Elms in thunder, | ||
the lights in the sky are stars | the lights in the sky are stars | ||
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The trees do not know nor the leaves of the grasses hear us: | The trees do not know nor the leaves of the grasses hear us: | ||
The birds too are ignorant. | The birds too are ignorant. | ||
Do not listen. | |||
Do not stand at dark in the open windows. | Do not stand at dark in the open windows. | ||
We before you have heard this: | We before you have heard this: |
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- Editor: Richard DeMattia (submitted 2014-07-07). Score information: Letter, 18 pages, 1.21 MB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Epistle to be Left in the Earth (1973)
Composer: Caroline S. Arnold
Lyricist: Archibald MacLeish
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1982
Description:
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Original text and translations
English text
…It is colder now,
there are many stars,
we are drifting
North by the Great Bear,
the leaves are falling,
THe water is stone in the scooped rocks,
to southward
Red sun grey air:
the crows are
Slow on their crooked wings,
the jays have left us:
Long since we passed the flares of Orion.
Each man believes in his heart he will die.
Many have written last thoughts and last letters.
None know if our deaths are now or forever:
None know if this wandering earth will be found.
We lie down and the snow covers our garments.
I pray you,
you (if any open this writing)
Make in your mouths the words that were our names.
I will tell you all we have learned,
I will tell you everything:
The earth is round,
there are springs under the orchards,
The loam cuts with a blunt knife,
beware of
Elms in thunder,
the lights in the sky are stars
We think they do not see,
we think also
The trees do not know nor the leaves of the grasses hear us:
The birds too are ignorant.
Do not listen.
Do not stand at dark in the open windows.
We before you have heard this:
they are voices:
They are not words at all but the wind rising.
Also none among us has seen God.
(…We have thought often
The flaws of sun in the late and driving weather
Pointed to one tree but it was not so.)
As for the nights I warn you the nights are dangerous:
The wind changes at night and the dreams come.
It is very cold,
there are strange stars near Arcturus,
Voices are crying an unknown name in the sky.