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anaphora - elliott carter lyrics

each day with so much ceremony
begins, with birds, with bells
with whistles from a factory;
such white-gold skies our eyes
first open on, such brilliant walls
that for a moment we wonder
‘where is the music coming from, the energy?
the day was meant for what ineffable creature
we must have missed? ’ oh promptly he
appears and takes his earthly nature
instantly, instantly falls
victim of long intrigue
-ssuming memory and mortal
mortal fatigue

more slowly falling into sight
and showering into stippled faces
darkening, condensing all his light;
in spite of all the dreaming
squandered upon him with that look
suffers our uses and abuses
sinks through the drift of bodies
sinks through the drift of cl-sses
to evening to the beggar in the park
who, weary, without lamp or book
prepares stupendous studies:
of the fiery event
of every day in endless
endless -ssent

- elliott carter lyrics

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