Samuel Barber — Solitary Hotel

Solitary hotel in mountain pass Autumn. Twilight. Fire lit In dark corner young man seated Young woman enters Restless. Solitary. She sits She goes to window. She stands She sits. Twilight. She thinks On solitary hotel-paper she writes She thinks. She writes. She sighs Wheels and hoofs. She hurries out He comes from his dark corner He seizes solitary paper He holds it towards fire Twilight. He reads. Solitary What? In sloping, upright and backhands Queen's hotel, Queen's hotel, Queen's ho-...