I've kept a hold on my life, kept a hold on my life, travelling
among yellow trees in driving rain
on silent slopes loaded with beech leaves
no fire on their peaks; it's getting dark.

Except from the Poem Epiphany 1937. The composer gave the title Epiphany to the four songs of this cycle.

Giorgos Seferis

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-ve-kept-a-hold-on-my-life/