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Open House

Song Cycle by William Bolcom (b. 1938)

1. Open house
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
My secrets cry aloud
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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "Open house", appears in Open House, first published 1941, copyright ©

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2. Give way, ye gates
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Believe me, knot of gristle, I bleed like a tree
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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "Give way, ye gates", appears in Praise to the End!, first published 1951, copyright ©

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3. The waking
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow
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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "The waking", appears in The Waking: Poems 1933-1953, first published 1953, copyright ©

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4. The serpent
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Language: English 
There was a Serpent who had to sing
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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "The serpent", appears in Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse of Theodore Roethke, first published 1958, copyright ©

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5. I knew a woman
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Language: English 
I knew a woman, lovely in her bones
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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "I knew a woman", appears in Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse of Theodore Roethke, first published 1958, copyright ©

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6. First meditation
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
On love's worst ugly day
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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "First meditation", appears in Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse of Theodore Roethke, in Meditation of an Old Woman, first published 1958, copyright ©

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7. The right thing
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Let others probe the mystery if they can
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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), copyright ©

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