Seven Songs to Poems by Robert Frost

by Douglas Gordon Weiland (b. 1954)

1. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To [watch]1 his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farm-house near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", written 1922, appears in New Hampshire, first published 1923

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Halten am Walde im Abendschnee", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Moon Compasses  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I stole forth dimly in the dripping pause
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Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Moon Compasses", copyright ©

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3. Atmosphere ‑ Inscription for a Garden Wall  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Winds blow the open grassy places bleak
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  • by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Atmosphere", subtitle: "Inscription for a Garden Wall", copyright ©

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4. The Road not Taken  [sung text not yet checked]

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Der nicht gegangene Weg", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. Bond And Free  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Love has earth to which she clings
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  • by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Bond And Free", copyright ©

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6. Iris By Night  [sung text not yet checked]

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One misty evening, one another’s guide
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  • by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Iris By Night", copyright ©

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7. We saw Leaves Go to Glory  [sung text not yet checked]

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We saw leaves go to glory
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