By Heart

Song Cycle by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958)

2. Train tune

Language: English

Back through clouds
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Text Authorship:

by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970), "Train tune"

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2. Musician

Language: English

Where have these hands been
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by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970), "Musician"

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3. Roman fountain

Language: English

Up from the bronze, I saw
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by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970), "Roman fountain"

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4. M., singing

Language: English

Now, innocent, within the deep
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by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970), "M., singing"

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5. I saw Eternity [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

O beautiful Forever!
O grandiose Everlasting!
Now, now, now,
I break you into pieces,
I feed you to the ground.
O brilliant, O languishing
Cycle of weeping light!
The mice and birds will eat you
And you will spoil their stomachs
As you have spoiled my mind.
Here, mice, rats,
Porcupines and toads,
Moles, shrews, squirrels,
Weasels, turtles, lizards,--
Here's a bright Everlasting!
Here's a crumb of Forever!
Here's a crumb of Forever!

Text Authorship:

by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970), "I saw Eternity"

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6. Song for the Last Act

Language: English

Now that I have your face by heart, I look
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by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970), "Song for the Last Act"

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Total word count: 74