Four Short Solos

Song Cycle by Marjorie Jones

?. November night  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Listen.	
With faint dry sound,	
Like steps of passing ghosts,	
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees	
And fall.

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Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "November night" sung twice.

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?. Little Sister Rose‑Marie  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Little Sister Rose-Marie,
Will thy feet as willing-light
Run through Paradise, I wonder,
As they run the blue skies under,
Willing feet, so airy-light?

Little Sister Rose-Marie
Will thy voice as bird-note clear
Lift and ripple over Heaven
As its mortal sound is given,
Swift bird-voice, so young and clear?

How God will be glad of thee,
Little Sister Rose-Marie!"

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?. Triad  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
These be
three silent things:
The falling snow . . . the hour
Before the dawn . . . the mouth of one
Just dead.

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Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "Triad" sung twice.

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?. On Seeing Weather‑Beaten Trees  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Is it as plainly in our living shown,
By slant and twist, which way the wind has blown?

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  • by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "On Seeing Weather-Beaten Trees", appears in Verse, first published 1915

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Total word count: 122