1997
His Beauty Sparkles
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem Text by Paul Goodman
Evidence of Things Not Seen Song Collection
"His Beauty Sparkles" is the eighth song in Rorem's massive song cycle Evidence of Things Not Seen, which sets 36 poems by a total of 24 authors.
Text
His Beauty Sparkles
by Paul Goodman
His beauty sparkles, his big eyes blaze
his moist teeth gleam, and his wide smile
turns up a lamp that was aglow,
his laughing-wrinkles crackle like a campfire,
the flush across his neck
is like the slowly burning ruby
I drowned in swimming for tomorrow
west into the blushing sun.
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