© by Stephen Dunn (b. 1939)
The House Was Quiet
Language: English
The house was quiet and the world vicious [ ... ]
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In: Poetry, Vol. 181, No. 4, February, 2003
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Dunn (b. 1939), "The house was quiet", Chicago : Poetry, copyright © 2003 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Cynthia Folio , "The House Was Quiet", 2003 [ soprano, flute, and viola ] [sung text not yet checked]
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