I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - (591)
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air - . . .
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air - . . .
I knew a woman, lovely in her bones,
When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;
Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one: . . .
The northern lights. I wouldn’t have noticed them
if the deer hadn’t told me
a doe her coat of pearls her glowing hoofs . . .
Some folks will tell you the blues is a woman,
Some type of supernatural creature.
My mother would tell you, if she could, . . .
I married
in the world’s black night . . .
I remember, I remember,
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun . . .
I think I should have loved you presently,
And given in earnest words I flung in jest;
And lifted honest eyes for you to see, . . .
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother. . . .
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd, . . .
In the warming house, children lace their skates,
bending, choked, over their thick jackets.
. . .