Our nostrils snuffle life from delicate air [ ... ]
Palladas: Songs
Song Cycle by Edward Rushton
1. Our nostrils snuffle life from delicate air  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 6, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Born naked. Buried naked. So why fuss?  [sung text checked 1 time]
Born naked. Buried naked. So why fuss? [ ... ]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 4, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Born crying, and after crying, die  [sung text checked 1 time]
Born crying, and after crying, die [ ... ]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 5, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Life's an ocean‑crossing where winds howl  [sung text checked 1 time]
Life's an ocean-crossing where winds howl [ ... ]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 14, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. Agony comes from brooding about death  [sung text checked 1 time]
Agony comes from brooding about death [ ... ]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 9, copyright ©
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Man's clay, and such a measly bit [ ... ]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 8, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.7. Racing, reckoning fingers flick  [sung text checked 1 time]
Racing, reckoning fingers flick [ ... ]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 28, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.8. A drink to drown my sorrows and restart  [sung text checked 1 time]
A drink to drown my sorrows and restart [ ... ]
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- by Tony Harrison , appears in Palladas: Poems, no. 62, copyright ©
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