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2019 Off-Broadway
Renascence the Musical - Blight Lyrics
(by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Hard seeds of hate I planted
That should by now be grown,—
Rough stalks, and from thick stamens
A poisonous pollen blown,
And odors rank, unbreathable,
From dark corollas thrown!
At dawn from my damp garden
I shook the chilly dew;
The thin boughs locked behind me
That sprang to let me through;
The blossoms slept,—I sought a place
Where nothing lovely grew.
And there, when day was breaking,
I knelt and looked around:
The light was near, the silence
Was palpitant with sound;
I drew my hate from out my breast
And thrust it in the ground.
Oh, ye so fiercely tended,
Ye little seeds of hate!
I bent above your growing
Early and noon and late,
Yet are ye drooped and pitiful,—
I cannot rear ye straight!
The sun seeks out my garden,
No nook is left in shade,
No mist nor mold nor mildew
Endures on any blade,
Sweet rain slants under every bough:
Ye falter, and ye fade.
Other Songs: Renascence the Musical Songs Lyrics
Renascence Blight Lyrics
Renascence the Musical Lyrics
Travel
The Beanstalk
Lament
Alms
Afternoon on a Hill
What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
Blight
Recuerdo
Elegy
First Fig / The Penitent
When the Year Grows Old
Exiled
Time Does Not Bring Relief
Renascence
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