Dedicated to Richard Brasseale
Duration: ca. 19 min. (2 movements)
For solo alto saxophone
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“First Fig” by Edna “St Vincent” Millay.
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!
“Second Fig”
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!