1967
Wood Song
Composed by 
John Woods Duke
John Woods Duke Text by 
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale Songs Out of Sorrow: Six Songs for Mezzo Song Collection
"Wood Song" is the fifth song in John Duke's song cycle Songs Out of Sorrow: Six Songs for Mezzo-Soprano. The song cycle sets the poetry of Sara Teasdale.
Text
Wood Song
by Sara Teasdale
I heard a wood thrush in the dusk
Twirl three notes and make a star —
My heart that walked with bitterness
Came back from very far.
Three shining notes were all he had,
And yet they made a starry call —
I caught life back against my breast
And kissed it, scars and all.
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