It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it, And sprawled around, no longer wild. It took dominion everywhere. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee.
Piano has almost continuous sixteenth notes.
First half of song is definitely high tessitura, then last half is middle tessitura. Hoiby's style is attractive, interesting, and expressive. A white robe she wore, A flickering light near spent Her pale hand bore. Short charming two page song. Only the monstrous anger of the guns.