Beautiful You Are
(1963)- Music by Simon Sargon
- Text by Kenneth Patchen
"Beautiful You Are" is the first song of Simon Sargon's song cycle A Star in a Haymow, which sets five poems of Kenneth Patchen.
Sheet music for this song cycle is available directly through the composer by contacting the following address: info@simonsargon.com.
Beautiful You Are
by Kenneth Patchen
Cathedral evening, tinkle of candles
On the frosted air
Beautiful you are,
Beautiful your eyes, lips, hair
Ah, still they come
Evenings like chalices
Where little roofs and trees drink
Until a rude hand
Shatters them, one by one
O beautiful you are
My own
Land of holiness, unblemished grace
Springtime
In this winter place
O in the candles there
More beautiful
Than any legend's face
Your eyes, your hair
