1981
The Two Trees
Composed by 
Miriam Gideon
Miriam Gideon Text by 
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish Spirit Above the Dust Song Collection
"The Two Trees" is the third movement in Miriam Gideon's song cycle Spirit Above the Dust.
Text
The Two Trees
by Archibald MacLeish
Oh the maple!
Oaring up
Stream against the
July wind!
But the elm — the elm gives to it
Letting her leaves float out
All Ophelia in the moat of air,
Drowned in summer deep as sun,
Garlands drifting in her hair.
Sheet Music
Spirit Above the Dust
Miriam Gideon
1. Prologue
2. Know the World
3. The Two Trees
4. The Linden Branch
5. Black Boy
6. My Caliban Creature
Interlude
7. The Snow Fall
2. Know the World
3. The Two Trees
4. The Linden Branch
5. Black Boy
6. My Caliban Creature
Interlude
7. The Snow Fall