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Stevensongs

by Sara Garrard

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1.
All things on earth and sea,⁠ All that the white stars see, Turns about you and me. And where we two are not, Is darkness like a blot And life and love forgot. But when we pass that way, The night breaks into day, The year breaks into May. The earth through all her bowers Carols and breathes and flowers About this love of ours.
2.
I saw red evening through the rain Lower above the steaming plain; I heard the hour strike small and still, From the black belfry on the hill. Thought is driven out of doors tonight By bitter memory of delight; The sharp constraint of finger tips, Or the shuddering touch of lips. I heard the hour strike small and still, From the black belfry on the hill. Behind me I could still look down On the outspread monstrous town. The sharp constraint of finger tips, Or the shuddering touch of lips, And all old memories of delight Crowd upon my soul tonight. Behind me I could still look down On the outspread feverish town; But before me, still and grey, And lonely was the forward way.
3.
I know not how it is with you -- I love the first and last, The whole field of the present view, The whole flow of the past. One fragment of the things that are, Nor you should change nor I -- One pebble in our path -- one star In all our heaven of sky. Our lives, and every day and hour, One symphony appear: One road, one garden -- every flower And every bramble dear.
4.
To what shall I compare her, That is as fair as she? For she is fairer - fairer Than the sea. What shall be likened to her, The sainted of my youth? For she is truer - truer Than the truth. As the stars are from the sleeper, Her heart is hid from me; For she is deeper - deeper Than the sea. Yet in my dreams I view her Flush rosy with new ruth - Dreams! may they prove truer Than the truth.
5.
I have a friend; I have a story; ⁠I have a life that's hard to live; I love; my love is all my glory; ⁠I have been hurt and I forgive. I have a friend; none could be better; ⁠I stake my heart upon my friend! I love; I trust her to the letter; ⁠Will she deceive me in the end? She is my love, my life, my jewel; ⁠My hope, my star, my dear delight. God! but the ways of God are cruel,— ⁠That love should bow the knee to spite! She loves, she hates,—a foul alliance! ⁠One King shall rule in one estate. I only love; 'tis all my science; ⁠A while, and she will only hate.

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A little EP of some "singer-songwriter"style settings of Robert Louis Stevenson for piano and voice (and two bonus unaccompanied ones).

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released September 26, 2018

Words by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Music by and performed by Sara Garrard

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Game music and soundtracks, songs, and a whole lot of mini piano pieces.

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