Circles

Song Cycle by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)

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Language: English

stinging
gold swarms
upon the spires
silver

           chants the litanies the
great bells are ringing with rose
the lewd fat bells
                            and a tall

wind
is dragging
the
sea

with

dream

-S

Text Authorship:

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 6. Impressions, first published 1923

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Language: English

riverly is a flower
gone softly by tomb
rosily gods whiten
befall saith rain

anguish
and dream-send is
hushed
in

moan-loll where
night      gathers
morte carved smiles

cloud-gloss is at moon-cease
soon
verbal mist-flowers close
ghosts on prowl gorge

sly slim gods stare

Text Authorship:

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in & [AND], in 1. A, in 1. Post Impressions, no. 2, first published 1925

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3.

Language: English

n(o)w/ the
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Text Authorship:

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), from W [ViVa], first published 1931, copyright ©

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4. [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

riverly is a flower
gone softly by tomb
rosily gods whiten
befall saith rain

anguish
and dream-send is
hushed
in

moan-loll where
night      gathers
morte carved smiles

cloud-gloss is at moon-cease
soon
verbal mist-flowers close
ghosts on prowl gorge

sly slim gods stare

Text Authorship:

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in & [AND], in 1. A, in 1. Post Impressions, no. 2, first published 1925

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Note: this poem entered the public domain in 2021.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

6. [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

stinging
gold swarms
upon the spires
silver

           chants the litanies the
great bells are ringing with rose
the lewd fat bells
                            and a tall

wind
is dragging
the
sea

with

dream

-S

Text Authorship:

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 6. Impressions, first published 1923

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 150