Five songs

Song Cycle by Chester Duncan (1913 - 2002)

?. The one

Language: English

Before this loved one
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), no title, from Poems, published 1930, revised 1945 and 1966

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Language: English

Night covers up the rigid land
     and ocean's quaking moor,
and shadows with a tolerant hand
     the ugly and the poor.
The wounded pride for which I weep
     you cannot staunch, nor I
control the moments of your sleep,
     nor hear the name you cry,
Whose life is lucky in your eyes,
     and precious is the bed
as to his utter fancy lies
     the dark caressive head.
For each love to its aim is true,
     and all kinds seek their own;
you love your life and I love you,
     so I must lie alone.

Text Authorship:

by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), appears in Look, Stranger!, first published 1936

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?. Happy ending

Language: English

The silly fool, the silly fool
 . . . . . . . . . .

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by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), no title, appears in Poems, first published 1930

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