Each day with so much ceremony [ ... ]
A mirror on which to dwell
Song Cycle by Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (1908 - 2012)
1. Anaphora
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Anaphora", appears in Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring, first published 1955, copyright ©
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Language: English
Days that cannot bring you near [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Argument", appears in Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring, first published 1955, copyright ©
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Language: English
The roaring alongside he takes for granted [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Sandpiper", appears in Questions of Travel, first published 1965, copyright ©
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Language: English
The moon in the bureau mirror [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Insomnia", appears in Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring, first published 1955, copyright © 1976
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Language: English
Moving from left to left, the light [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress", appears in Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring, first published 1955, copyright ©
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Language: English
Beneath that loved and celebrated breast [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "O breath", appears in Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring, in Four Poems, no. 4, first published 1955, copyright ©
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