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2019 Off-Broadway
Renascence the Musical - Elegy Lyrics
(by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Let them bury your big eyes
In the secret earth securely,
Your thin fingers, and your fair,
Soft, indefinite-colored hair,—
All of these in some way, surely,
From the secret earth shall rise;
Not for these I sit and stare,
Broken and bereft completely;
Your young flesh that sat so neatly
On your little bones will sweetly
Blossom in the air.
But your voice,—never the rushing
Of a river underground,
Not the rising of the wind
In the trees before the rain,
Not the woodcock's watery call,
Not the note the white-throat utters,
Not the feet of children pushing
Yellow leaves along the gutters
In the blue and bitter fall,
Shall content my musing mind
For the beauty of that sound
That in no new way at all
Ever will be heard again.
Sweetly through the sappy stalk
Of the vigorous weed,
Holding all it held before,
Cherished by the faithful sun,
On and on eternally
Shall your altered fluid run,
Bud and bloom and go to seed;
But your singing days are done;
But the music of your talk
Never shall the chemistry
Of the secret earth restore.
All your lovely words are spoken.
Once the ivory box is broken,
Beats the golden bird no more.
Other Songs: Renascence the Musical Songs Lyrics
Renascence Elegy 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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