1996
The Shroud
Composed by 
Lee Hoiby
Lee Hoiby Text by 
Adelaide Crapsey
Adelaide Crapsey Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey Song Collection
"The Shroud" is the fourth and final song of Lee Hoiby's song cycle Night Songs: Four Poems of Adelaide Crapsey.
Text
Song
by Adelaide Crapsey
I make my shroud but no one knows,
So shimmering fine it is and fair,
With stitches set in even rows.
I make my shroud but no one knows.
In door-way where the lilac blows,
Humming a little wandering air,
I make my shroud and no one knows,
So shimmering fine it is and fair.
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