1967
In a Burying Ground
Composed by 
John Woods Duke
John Woods Duke Text by 
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale Songs Out of Sorrow: Six Songs for Mezzo Song Collection
"In a Burying Ground" is the fourth song in John Duke's song cycle Songs Out of Sorrow: Six Songs for Mezzo-Soprano. The song cycle sets the poetry of Sara Teasdale.
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In a Burying Ground
by Sara Teasdale
This is the spot where I will lie
When life has had enough of me,
These are the grasses that will blow
Above me like a living sea.
These gay old lilies will not shrink
To draw their life from death of mine,
And I will give my body’s fire
To make blue flowers on this vine.
“O Soul,” I said, “have you no tears?
Was not the body dear to you?”
I heard my soul say carelessly,
“The myrtle flowers will grow more blue.”
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