The Cloud
SATB + children’s choir/SSATB & piano
The Cloud, commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, sets Sara Teasdale’s poetic descriptions of nature to music, evoking themes of freedom and transience. A melodic and uplifting style shines through a vibrant opening and reflective middle and end, unified by steady triplet figures in the accompaniment. Sopranos may divide to sing the children’s choir part.
- Lyrics
I am a cloud in the heaven’s height, The stars are lit for my delight, Tireless and changeful, swift and free, I cast my shadow on hill and sea— But why do the pines on the mountain’s crest Call to me always, “Rest, rest”?I throw my mantle over the moon And I blind the sun on his throne at noon, Nothing can tame me, nothing can bind, I am a child of the heartless wind— But oh the pines on the mountain’s crest Whispering always, “Rest, rest.”
Sara Teasdale
Published by Oxford University Press

Duration: 4.5 minutes
Published: 2026
ISBN: 9780193582002
