1993
In Autumn
Composed by 
Gwyneth Van Anden Walker
Gwyneth Van Anden Walker Text by 
May Swenson
May Swenson Mornings Innocent Song Collection
"In Autumn" is the third song of Gwyneth Walker's song cycle Mornings Innocent, which sets four poems of May Swenson.
Text
I Will Lie Down
by May Swenson
I will lie down in autumn
let birds be flying
Swept in a hollow by the wind
I’ll wait for dying
I will lie inert unseen
my hair same-colored with grass and leaves
Gather me for the autumn fires
with the withered sheaves
I will sleep face down in the burnt meadow
not hearing the sound of water over stones
Trail over me cloud and shadow
Let snow hide the whiteness of my bones
Related Information
Information about Mornings Innocent on Gwyneth Walker's Website
gwynethwalker.com/morningi.htmlSheet Music
Mornings Innocent
Gwyneth Van Anden Walker
1. Women Should Be Pedestals
2. Mornings Innocent
3. In Autumn
4. I Will Be Earth
2. Mornings Innocent
3. In Autumn
4. I Will Be Earth
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