1938
Velvet Shoes
Composed by 
Randall Thompson
Randall Thompson Text by Elinor Wylie
"Velvet Shoes" is a song by Randall Thompson for voice and piano. The poetry is by Elinor Wylie. The poem "Velvet Shoes" was first published in 1920 in Poetry Magazine.
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Velvet Shoes
by Elinor Wylie
Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet snd slow,
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.
I shall go shod in silk,
And you in wool,
White as white cow’s milk,
More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.
We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.
We shall walk in velvet shoes:
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.
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