Looking at a Blackbird

Song Cycle by Angela Elizabeth Slater

1. Prelude to Snowy mountains [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

When the blackbird flew out of sight
[ ... ]

Text Authorship:

by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 9, first published 1917

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Snowy mountains [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird

Text Authorship:

by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 1, first published 1917

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

4. Three minds

Language: English

I was ricochet of three
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

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5. The Pantomime [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.

Text Authorship:

by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 3, first published 1917

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

8. Barbaric glass [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Icicles filled the long window
With barbaric glass.
The shadow of the blackbird
Crossed it, to and fro.
The mood
Traced in the shadow
An indecipherable cause.

Text Authorship:

by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 6, first published 1917

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11. The Edge [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

When the blackbird flew out of sight
It marked the edge
Of one of many circles.

Text Authorship:

by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 9, first published 1917

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 88