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Joan Baez - Epitaph For A Poet [HD]

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Channel: Gary Larson · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Joan Baez recites the Countee Cullen poem 'Epitaph For A Poet'. This is on her 1968 Vanguard album 'Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time'. The poem is in the video and listed below with some notes on the poet and the album.

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Singer - Joan Baez

I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold;
Where long will cling the lips of the moth,
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth;
I hide no hate; I am not even wroth
Who found the earth's breath so keen and cold;
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold.

Writer: Countee Cullen (His poem 'For A Poet')

[Lyrics from poemhunter.com]

Wikipedia states:

Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946), born Countee LeRoy Porter, was a prominent African-American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright during the Harlem Renaissance.

Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time was a 1968 album of poetry spoken and sung by Joan  Baez. Peter Schickele (of P. D. Q. Bach fame) did the orchestration, as he did on 1967's Joan. The album was released during a time when many folk, pop and rock artists were experimenting with mixing their music with classical orchestration (e.g. The Beatles, Judy Collins, The Rolling Stones).

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