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Santa Fe Songs
Song Cycle by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022)
1. Santa Fe
Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Santa Fe", from Selected Poems, first published 1977/8
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2. Opus 101  [sung text checked 1 time]
He not only plays One note But holds another note Away from it -- As a lover Lifts A waft of hair From loved eyes. The piano shivers, When he touches it, And the leg shines.
Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Opus 101", appears in Spectra, first published 1916
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Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), no title, appears in New Poems, first published 1960
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4. Sonnet  [sung text checked 1 time]
Summer, O Summer, fill thy shadowy trees With a reprieve of cooling sacrament Before we die among the mysteries; Loosen our wreaths and let us be content To bow our heads before thy flower-bells Beneath whose mould we too shall soon be spent, -- Lovers desiring this and little else: Thy laurel now; not ours, thy firmament Of blue in which to dedicate our blood To earth, our vernal meaning now but meant, Like the least meaning of thy smallest bud, To go the way the earlier seasons went, Breath is our fee and dividend and cost: So let us grant the forfeit and be lost!
Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), no title, appears in Against the Cold, first published 1940
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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren5. Coming down the stairs
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Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), no title, appears in New Poems, first published 1960
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6. He never knew
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Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), no title, appears in New Poems, first published 1960
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7. El musico
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Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "El musico", from Selected Poems, first published 1977/8
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8. The wintry mind  [sung text checked 1 time]
Winter uncovers distances, I find; And so the cold and so the wintry mind Takes leaves away, till there is left behind A wide cold world. And so the heart grows blind To the earth's green motions lying warm below Field upon field, field upon field, of snow.
Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "The wintry mind", appears in Against the Cold, first published 1940
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Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Water-hyacinths", appears in Indian Earth, first published 1929
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10. Moving leaves
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Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Moving leaves", appears in Indian Earth, first published 1929
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11. Yes I hear them
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- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), no title, appears in New Poems, first published 1960
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12. The sowers  [sung text checked 1 time]
Now horses' hooves are treading earth again To start the wheat from darkness into day, And along the heavy field go seven men With hands on ploughs and eyes on furrowing clay. Six of the men are old; but one, a boy, Knows in his heart that more than fields are sown -- For spring is ploughing heaven with rows of joy In the voice of one high bird, singing alone.
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- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "The sowers", appears in Against the Cold, first published 1940
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