SATB (cp1569) or TTBB (cp1570) and Piano
Marjorie Pickthall, poet
4 min duration
Cypress Publishing
Commissioned by the Cantabile Choirs of Kingston: “The beautiful and life affirming poem by Marjorie Pickthall (Canadian) is given a classy and poignant setting in the inimitable Emery style.”
Just to live under green leaves and see them
Just to lie under low stars and watch them wane
a kind heart
Just to sleep by a kind heart
and know it loving – again
Just to live, just to lie
just to sleep, just to live
just to wake, just to walk
a kind heart
Just to wake on a sunny day
and the wind blowing
and know it loving – again
Just to live, just to lie
just to sleep, just to wake
a kind heart
Just to walk on a bare road
in the bright rain, or a sunny day
under low stars
and know it loving – again
Just to walk, just to wake
just to sleep, just to lie
just to live, just to wake, just to walk
a kind heart
Just to lie, just to wake
just to walk, just to live
These, O these,
and the night moon showing again
a kind heart – again.
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Themes; love, loss, longing, kindness, nature, heart, love, healing, moving on, peace, remembrance
Dr. Matthew Emery 