1981


Nantucket

Composed by Ned Rorem

Nantucket Song Collection


"Nantucket" is the third song in Ned Rorem's song cycle Nantucket Songs.

Text

Nantucket
by William Carlos Williams

Flowers through the window
lavender and yellow
changed by white curtains–
Smell of cleanliness–

Sunshine of late afternoon–
On the glass tray
a glass pitcher, the tumbler
turned down, by which
a key is lying–And the
immaculate white bed.

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