Michael Karmon A Late Walk for hih voice and uitar oems by Robert Frost (7-9) I My November Guest II Wind and Window Flower III Goin for Water IV Storm Fear V A Late Walk ca minutes
My November Guest My Sorrow, when she's here with me, Thinks these dark days of autumn rain Are beautiful as days can be; She loves the bare, the withered tree; She walks the sodden asture lane Her leasure will not let me stay She talks and I am fain to list: She's lad the birds are one away, She's lad her simle worsted rey Is silver now with clinin mist The desolate, deserted trees, The faded earth, the heavy sky, The beauties she so truly sees, She thinks I have no eye for these, And vexes me for reason why Not yesterday I learned to know The love of bare November days Before the comin of the snow, But it were vain to tell her so, And they are better for her raise Wind and Window Flower Lovers, foret your love, And list to the love of these, She a window flower, And he a winter breeze When the frosty window veil Was melted down at noon, And the caed yellow bird Hun over her in tune, He marked her throuh the ane, He could not hel but mark, And only assed her by, To come aain at dark He was a winter wind, Concerned with ice and snow, Dead weeds and unmated birds, And little of love could know But he sihed uon the sill, He ave the sash a shake, As witness all within Who lay that niht awake Perchance he half revailed To win her for the fliht From the firelit lookin-lass And warm stove-window liht But the flower leaned aside And thouht of nauht to say, And mornin found the breeze A hundred miles away Goin for Water The well was dry beside the door, And so we went with ail and can Across the fields behind the house To seek the brook if still it ran; Not loth to have excuse to o, Because the autumn eve was fair (Thouh chill), because the fields were ours, And by the brook our woods were there We ran as if to meet the moon That slowly dawned behind the trees, The barren bouhs without the leaves, Without the birds, without the breeze But once within the wood, we aused Like nomes that hid us from the moon, Ready to run to hidin new With lauhter when she found us soon Each laid on other a stayin hand To listen ere we dared to look, And in the hush we oined to make We heard, we knew we heard the brook A note as from a sinle lace, A slender tinklin fall that made Now dros that floated on the ool Like earls, and now a silver blade Storm Fear When the wind works aainst us in the dark, And elts with snow The lowest chamber window on the east, And whisers with a sort of stifled bark, The beast, 'Come out! Come out!'- It costs no inward strule not to o, Ah, no! I count our strenth, Two and a child, Those of us not aslee subdued to mark How the cold crees as the fire dies at lenth,- How drifts are iled, Dooryard and road unraded, Till even the comfortin barn rows far away And my heart owns a doubt Whether 'tis in us to arise with day And save ourselves unaided A Late Walk When I o u throuh the mowin field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes the arden ath And when I come to the arden round, The whir of sober birds U from the tanle of withered weeds Is sadder than any words A tree beside the wall stands bare, But a leaf that linered brown, Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thouht, Comes softly rattlin down I end not far from my oin forth By ickin the faded blue Of the last remainin aster flower To carry aain to you All oems are from "A Boy's Will" (95) and are in the ublic domain
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n Not these, And vex - es me for rea-son why yes - ter - day I learned to n n n b b b b b n n n know The love of bare No-vem -ber days Be - fore the com-in of the snow, b C II b bb b b b n n b C III b b 5 b b b b b b n But it were vain to tell her so, And they are bet - ter for her raise b C I b b b b b b b C II n b 5 Karmon - late walk - ae 5
q = ca f r II Wind and Window Flower Lov -ers, for - et your f love, She a win - dow flow -er, and he a win - ter And list to the U U Ó breeze U w " love of these, n q = ca 5 When the ah frost -y win-dow veil Was melt - ed ȯ rh ȯ o ah rh ȯ down at noon, ah o rh ȯ And the Hun ah caed yel - low bird o - ver her in tune, o ȯ rh ah ȯ o rh ȯ ȯ He Karmon - late walk - ae
marked her throuh the ane, He could not hel but mark, C II n C II 9 And on - ly assed her by, come a - To aain at dark n He was a win - ter wind, Con - cerned with ice and snow, Dead weeds and un - mated birds, And n Karmon - late walk - ae 7
9 lit - tle of love could know But he C II U " w sihed u - on the sill, He ave the sash a shake, As wit - ness all with-in Who C I b b b n n n b b lay that niht a - wake Per - chance he half re - vailed To C II C III n b win her for the fliht From the b n 9 n f fi - re lit look-in lass And warm stove win-dow liht f Karmon - late walk - ae
Ó But the flow - er leaned a - side And 5 thouht of nauht to say, And morn - in found the breeze A hun-dred miles a - w o way U Karmon - late walk - ae 9
III Goin for Water 7 e = ca 5 F Ó R 7 C II - F The well was dry be - side the door, And n Ó R so we went with ail and can A - cross the fields be - hind the house To 7 Ó R seek the brook if still it ran; Not - Ó R loth to have ex - cuse to o, Be - cause the au - tumn eve was fair (Thouh Karmon - late walk - ae
chill), be - cause the fields were ours, And by the brook our woods were there Ó R We - R ran as if to meet the moon That slow - ly dawned be - hind the trees, 9 Ó R The bar - ren bouhs with - out the leaves, With - out the birds, with - out the breeze Ó n But once with - in the wood, we aused Like Karmon - late walk - ae
5 n Ó b nomes that hid us from the moon, Read - y to run to b b b n n Ó hid - in new With lauh - ter when she found us soon b b F Ó Ó n Each n lay on oth - er a stay - in hand F - To lis - ten ere we dared to look, Ó w o - ȯ And 7 7 in the hush we oined to make We Karmon - late walk - ae
7 heard, we knew we heard the brook Ó R A - 7 note as from a sin -le lace, A slen-der tin-klin fall that made Now dros that float -ed on the ool Like 7 Ó earls, and now a sil - ver blade Ó Karmon - late walk - ae
IV Storm Fear P Ó q = ca 5 b b When the wind works a - ainst us in the dark, And elts with b b P b b b b n n snow The low - est cham-ber win - dow on the east, And C III bn b b b n bn b b b n b b 7 b b n whis - ers with a sort of sti - fled bark, The beast, Come out! Come out! It b b b b b n n b b n N b n w U Ó U costs no in-ward stru -le not to o, Ah, no! b nn b b b n b n U w w Karmon - late walk - ae
b b b b I count our strenth, o o ah 5 ȯ rh w 5 Two and a child, o o rh ȯ ah w C XII n Those of us not a b n - slee sub-dued to n b b b n mark How the b n 9 b cold crees as the nb 5 b b n n fi - re dies at lenth, How drifts are il - ed b b bn 5 n b ah n o o Door-yard and road un-rad-ed Till e-ven the com-fort -in barn rows far a- o o rh n 5 n F F Karmon - late walk - ae 5
5 Ó Ó n Ó n n way, n b b b And my o o heart owns a doubt o Ó ah Wheth-er n o b n o 9 b tis in us to a- rise with day And save our - selves un -aid - w o w Ó Ó b b Ó w b rh ȯ b ed Ó Karmon - late walk - ae
V A Late Walk q = ca 7 P When I o u throuh the mow -in field, The head-less af - ter - P C II math, Smooth laid like thatch with the heav - y dew, Half clos - es the ar-den ath n C II n 7 And C V when I come to the ar - den round, The whir of so - ber birds U n Karmon - late walk - ae 7
from the tan - le of with-ered weeds Is sad - der than an - y words 7 A n tree be-side the wall stands bare, But a leaf b that lin - ered brown, Dis - turbed, I doubt not, by my thouht, Comes soft - ly b b n C III b b b b b 7 b b rat-tlin down I end not far from my o-in b b b U U b b n P forth By Karmon - late walk - ae
n ick-in the fa - ded blue Of the last re-main - in as - ter flow - er To car - ry a - ain to you rit Karmon - late walk - ae 9