1963
As We Take Each Other
Composed by 
Simon Sargon
Simon Sargon Text by 
Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Patchen A Star in a Haymow Song Collection
"As We Take Each Other" is the fourth song of Simon Sargon's song cycle A Star in a Haymow, which sets five poems of Kenneth Patchen.
Sheet music for this song cycle is available directly through the composer by contacting the following address: info@simonsargon.com.
Text
Fall of the Evening Star
by Kenneth Patchen
Speak softly; sun going down
Out of sight. Come near me now.
Dear dying fall of wings as birds
complain against the gathering dark . . .
Exaggerate the green blood in grass;
the music of leaves scraping space;
Multiply the stillness by one sound;
by one syllable of your name . . .
And all that is little is soon giant,
all that is rare grows in common beauty
To rest with my mouth on your mouth
as somewhere a star falls
And the earth takes it softly, in natural love . . .
Exactly as we take each other . . .
and go to sleep . . .
