Five Songs on Poems of E. E. Cummings

Song Cycle by Robert Manno (b. 1944)

1. in time of daffodils  [sung text not yet checked]

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in time of daffodils(who know
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2. lady of silence  [sung text not yet checked]

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Lady of Silence
from the winsome cage of
thy body
rose
        through the sensible
night
a
quick bird

(tenderly upon
the dark's prodigious face
thy
voice
         scattering perfume-gifted
wings
suddenly escorts
with feet
sun-sheer

the smarting beauty of dawn)

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3. crazy jay blue  [sung text not yet checked]

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crazy jay blue)
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4. the first of all my dreams  [sung text not yet checked]

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the first of all my dreams was of
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5. o the sun comes up‑up‑up in the opening sky  [sung text not yet checked]

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O the sun comes up-up-up in the opening
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Total word count: 320