Appendix 8

 

 

 Appendix 8 - References

Nelson, Alice Dunbar. "You! Inez!" Public domain. 1921.

Clarke, George Elliott. "Love Letter To An African Woman," Whylah Falls. Vancouver, British Columbia: Raincoast Books, 2000.

Moore, Undine S. "Love Let The Wind Cry... How I Adore Thee," Art Songs & Spirituals by African-American Women Composers. Edited by Vivian Taylor. Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia: Hildegard Publishing Company, 2014.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love Let The Wind Cry... How I Adore Thee By Undine S. Moore

Text by Sappho

 

Love let the wind cry
On the dark mountain,
Bending the ash trees
And the tall hemlocks
With the great voice of
Thunderous legions,
How I adore thee.

Let the hoarse torrent
In the blue canyon,
Murmuring mightily
Out of the gray mist
Of primal chaos
Cease not proclaiming
How I adore thee.

Let the long rhythm
Of crunching rollers,
Breaking and bursting
On the white seaboard
Titan and tireless,
Tell, while the world stands,
How I adore thee.

Love, let the clear call
Of the tree cricket,
Frailest of creatures,
Green as the young grass,
Mark with his trilling
Resonant bell-note,
How I adore thee.

But, more than all sounds,
Surer, serener,
Fuller of passion
And exultation,
Let the hushed whisper
In thine own heart say,
How I adore thee.