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Texts by E. Millay set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)

Text Collections:

  • A Few Figs from Thistles
  • Fatal Interview
  • Flowers of Evil
  • Four Sonnets
  • Huntsman, What Quarry?
  • Poems Selected for Young People
  • Renascence and Other Poems
  • Second April
  • The Buck in the Snow
  • The Harp-Weaver and other poems
  • The Lamp and the Bell
  • Wine from these Grapes

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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  • Absence (Now by this moon, before this moon shall wane) (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • A Crown of Bluer Metal (Beat me a crown of bluer metal) - E. Ewazen
  • Afternoon on a hill (I will be the gladdest thing) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - G. Becker, M. Besly, T. Briccetti, J. Duke, E. Ewazen, A. Farwell, L. Grier, T. Hoekman, D. Morrill, L. Steele
  • Ah, could I lay me down in this long grass (from Second April) - K. Christie (Journey)
  • Ah, drink again - R. Clarke
  • All I could see from where I stood (from Renascence and Other Poems) - H. Porter, B. White (Renascence)
  • All the grown-up people say (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • And if I loved you Wednesday (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - I. Brussels, H. Johnson, S. Wheeler (Thursday)
  • And what are you that, wanting you (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - T. Hoekman
  • And you as well must die, beloved dust (And you as well must die, beloved dust) (from Second April) - J. Poûhe
  • And you as well must die, beloved dust (from Second April) - A. Henderson, J. Poûhe
  • And you as well must die... (And you as well must die, beloved dust) (from Second April) - A. Henderson
  • An older love () - J. Zaimont [x]
  • A prayer to Persephone (Be to her, Persephone) (from Second April - Memorial to D. C.) - B. Burtt
  • April again in Avrillé (from The Buck in the Snow) - T. Hoekman, S. Lekberg, R. Thomas (The Road to Avrillé)
  • April this year, not otherwise (from Second April) - T. Hoekman
  • A season's song () - J. Zaimont [x]
  • Ashes of Life (Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - C. Alette
  • As I sat down by Saddle Stream (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - H. Adams, A. Bliss, T. Briccetti, J. Carroll, J. Duke, C. Herreshoff, T. Hoekman, J. Mitchell
  • A song of shattering (The first rose on my rose tree) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - L. Steele
  • At Midnight (What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - I. Venables FRI GER
  • Autumn chant () (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - P. Pisk [x]
  • Beat me a crown of bluer metal - E. Ewazen
  • Beauty (Think not, not for a moment let your mind) - J. Mitchell
  • Being young and green I said in love's despite (from The Buck in the Snow) - A. Bliss (Being Young and Green)
  • Being young and green (Being young and green I said in love's despite) (from The Buck in the Snow) - A. Bliss
  • Be to her, Persephone (from Second April - Memorial to D. C.) - B. Burtt, L. Ricketts (Prayer to Persephone)
  • Bittersweet () - P. Stouffer [x]
  • Black bird scudding - E. Ewazen (The Bobolink)
  • Branch by branch this tree has died (from Huntsman, What Quarry? - Not So Far as the Forest) GER
  • Branch by Branch (Branch by branch) (from Huntsman, What Quarry? - Not So Far as the Forest) - H. Adams GER
  • Branch by branch (from Huntsman, What Quarry? - Not So Far as the Forest) GER - H. Adams
  • Butterflies are white and blue - E. Ewazen, L. Steele
  • Chorus (Give away her gowns) (from Second April) - L. Ricketts
  • Christmas Carol (To Jesus on His Birthday) (For this your mother sweated in the cold) - J. Musto
  • Clearly my ruined garden as it stood (Clearly my ruined garden as it stood) (from Fatal Interview) - E. Warren
  • Clearly my ruined garden as it stood (from Fatal Interview) - E. Warren
  • Columbine (The light comes back with Columbine; she brings) - J. Mitchell
  • Come along in then, little girl! (From a very little sphinx) -
  • Come along in then, little girl! (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • Conscientious Objector (I shall die, but) - E. Malmquist
  • Counting-out rhyme (Silver bark of beech, and sallow) CHI
  • Daphne (Why do you follow me?) - S. Grill
  • Departure (It's little I care what path I take) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - R. Kelly
  • Disdainful, fickle love () - J. Zaimont [x]
  • Do you know, almost all people love their mothers, but I have never met - J. Hall
  • Ebb (I know what my heart is like) (from Second April) - H. Kerr
  • Elaine (Oh, come again to Astolat!) (from Second April) - J. Duke, C. Herreshoff
  • Epitaph (Heap not on this mound) (from Second April - Memorial to D. C.) - E. Bacon, M. Besly, W. Schuman
  • Even in the moment of our earliest kiss - M. Bonds
  • Even in the Moment (Even in the moment of our earliest kiss) - M. Bonds
  • Everybody but just me (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx)
  • Farewell (I said, seeing how the winter gale increased) (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • Feast (I drank at every vine) - M. Bonds
  • Feast (I drank from ev'ry vine) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - A. Bliss
  • First Fig (My candle burns at both ends) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - M. Ippolito GER
  • For this your mother sweated in the cold - J. Musto
  • For you there is no song (For you there is no song) (from Huntsman, What Quarry?) - H. Adams
  • For you there is no song (from Huntsman, What Quarry?) - H. Adams
  • From a very little sphinx (Come along in then, little girl!)
  • Give away her gowns (from Second April) - L. Ricketts (Chorus)
  • God's World (O World, I cannot hold thee close enough!) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - S. Adler, C. Alette, T. Colville, E. Ewazen, S. Harmati, W. Schuman, J. Wolfe
  • Gone Again is Summer the Lovely (Gone, gone again is Summer the lovely) (from The Buck in the Snow) - H. Adams
  • Gone, gone again is Summer the lovely (from The Buck in the Snow) - H. Adams, A. Bliss, J. Hall, E. Harris (Song)
  • Gone, gone again is summer (Gone, gone again is Summer the lovely) (from The Buck in the Snow) - A. Bliss
  • Gone in good sooth you are (from Fatal Interview) - M. Gideon
  • Grey (The little tavern) (I'll keep a little tavern) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - J. Balzun
  • Had I known that you were going - R. Thomas (To One Who Might Have Borne a Message)
  • Heap not on this mound (from Second April - Memorial to D. C.) - E. Bacon, M. Besly, H. Cowell, W. Schuman (Epitaph)
  • Heaven bless the babe!" they said (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - A. Bliss, J. Poûhe
  • Here is a wound that never will heal, I know - R. Manno (Sonnet IX)
  • Here is a wound that never will heal (Here is a wound that never will heal, I know) - R. Manno
  • Horse shoe (Wonder where this horseshoe went) (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - K. Smith
  • How shall I know, unless I go (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - M. Besly (To the Not Impossible Him)
  • Humoresque (Heaven bless the babe!" they said) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - A. Bliss, J. Poûhe
  • Huntsman, what quarry? (Huntsman, what quarry?) - S. Sargon
  • Huntsman, what quarry? - S. Sargon
  • Hyacinth (I am in love with him to whom a hyacinth is dearer) - M. Bonds
  • I am in love with him to whom a hyacinth is dearer - M. Bonds
  • I am working like the devil, which is why I don’t write more - J. Hall
  • I, being born a woman and distressed (I, being born a woman and distressed) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - R. Manno FRI
  • I, being born a woman and distressed (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) FRI - R. Manno, T. Picker (Sonnet VIII)
  • I can't decide (Come along in then, little girl!) (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • I drank at every vine - M. Bonds
  • I drank from ev'ry vine (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - A. Bliss
  • I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields (I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields) - G. Kerry
  • I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields - G. Kerry
  • If I grow bitterly - G. Tsontakis (Scrub)
  • If I should learn, in some quite casual way (from Renascence and Other Poems) - M. Cohen
  • If I should learn (If I should learn, in some quite casual way) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - M. Cohen
  • I have just got your letter. Oh, if I could just get my arms about - J. Hall
  • I have wanted so often to write you -- not that I like writing - J. Hall
  • I know a hundred ways to die (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • I know I am but summer to your heart (Sonnet XXVII)) -
  • I know my mind and I have made my choice - M. Bonds
  • I Know My Mind (I know my mind and I have made my choice) - M. Bonds
  • I know what my heart is like since your love died (from Second April) (Ebb) - J. Balzun, H. Kerr
  • I know what my heart is like (from Second April) - J. Balzun, H. Kerr (Ebb)
  • I'll keep a little tavern (from Renascence and Other Poems) - J. Balzun, R. Vanderlip (Tavern)
  • I looked in my heart when the wild swans went over (from Second April)
  • I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over (from Second April) - H. Adams, J. Duke, P. Fetler, H. Kerr, J. Mitchell, L. Steele, I. Themmen
  • Immortality (Since of no creature living the last breath) (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • In the Spring and the Fall (In the spring of the year, in the spring of the year) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - V. Bond
  • In the spring of the year, in the spring of the year (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - V. Bond, S. Lekberg (The Spring and the Fall)
  • In the squalid, dirty dooryard - I. Gurney, P. Spino (The pear tree)
  • I said, seeing how the winter gale increased (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • I shall die, but - E. Malmquist (Conscientious Objector)
  • I shall forget you presently, my dear (from Four Sonnets) GER - J. Beeson, S. Wheeler
  • I shall forget you presently (I shall forget you presently, my dear) (from Four Sonnets) - J. Beeson GER
  • I shall forget you (I shall forget you presently, my dear) (from Four Sonnets) - S. Wheeler GER
  • I shall go back again to the black shore (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree)
  • I shall go back again to the bleak shore (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - T. Briccetti
  • I too beneath your moon, almighty Sex (I too beneath your moon, almighty Sex) (from Huntsman, What Quarry?) - J. Dove, J. Poûhe
  • I too beneath your moon, almighty Sex (from Huntsman, What Quarry?) - J. Dove, J. Poûhe
  • It's little I care what path I take (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - J. Balzun, R. Kelly (Departure)
  • It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another — it’s one damn - J. Hall
  • I will be the gladdest thing (I will be the gladdest thing) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - J. Balzun
  • I will be the gladdest thing (from Renascence and Other Poems) - J. Balzun, G. Becker, M. Besly, T. Briccetti, J. Duke, E. Ewazen, A. Farwell, L. Grier, T. Hoekman, D. Morrill, L. Steele
  • Journey (Ah, could I lay me down in this long grass) (from Second April) - K. Christie
  • Just a rainy day or two (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - R. Gordon
  • Keen (Weep him dead and mourn as you may) - S. Smith
  • Lament (Listen, children) (from Second April) - L. Ricketts
  • Lethe (Ah, drink again) - R. Clarke
  • Listen, children, your father is dead (from Second April) (Lament) - L. Ricketts
  • Listen, children (from Second April) - L. Ricketts (Lament)
  • Look, Edwin! Do you see that boy (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • Look, Edwin (Look, Edwin! Do you see that boy) (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • Love cannot fill the thickened lung with breath (Love cannot fill the thickened lung with breath) (from Fatal Interview) - N. Rorem
  • Love cannot fill the thickened lung with breath (from Fatal Interview) - N. Rorem (Sonnet XXX)
  • Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike (from Renascence and Other Poems) - C. Alette, J. Balzun (Ashes of Life)
  • Love has gone and left me (Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - J. Balzun
  • Love, if I weep it will not matter (from Renascence and Other Poems) - E. Ewazen, J. Mitchell (The Dream)
  • Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink (from Fatal Interview) - A. Henderson (Sonnet XXX)
  • Love is not all... (Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink) (from Fatal Interview) - A. Henderson
  • Love's autumn () - J. Zaimont [x]
  • Love's white heat () - J. Zaimont [x]
  • Loving you less than life, a little less (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - R. Manno (Sonnet XVII)
  • Loving you less than life (Loving you less than life, a little less) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - R. Manno
  • Low tide (These wet rocks where the tide has been) - L. Steele
  • Mariposa (Butterflies are white and blue) - E. Ewazen, L. Steele
  • Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring - L. Liebermann
  • Mindful of You (Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring) - L. Liebermann
  • Mist in the Valley (These hills, to hurt me more) - E. Ewazen
  • Moon is my sister, and how deep in love (from Fatal Interview)
  • Moon, that against the lintel of the west (Moon, that against the lintel of the west) (from Fatal Interview) - R. Ward
  • Moon, that against the lintel of the west (from Fatal Interview) - M. Gideon, R. Ward
  • Mr. Earle has acquainted me with your wild surmises. Gentlemen - J. Hall
  • My candle burns at both ends (from A Few Figs from Thistles) GER - M. Besly, A. Buchanan, M. Ippolito (First fig)
  • My candle burns at both ends (My candle burns at both ends) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - M. Besly GER
  • My candle (My candle burns at both ends) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - A. Buchanan GER
  • Never may the fruit be plucked (Never, never may the fruit be plucked from the bough) - A. Vores
  • Never, never may the fruit be plucked from the bough - A. Vores
  • Night is my sister, and how deep in love (Night is my sister, and how deep in love) (from Fatal Interview) - J. Deems Taylor
  • Night is my sister, and how deep in love (from Fatal Interview) - J. Deems Taylor, M. Gideon, J. Mitchell, E. Warren
  • Night is my sister (Night is my sister, and how deep in love) (from Fatal Interview) - J. Mitchell
  • No, I will go alone (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - T. Hoekman
  • Northern April (O mind, beset by music never for a moment quiet, –) - E. Ewazen
  • Not in a silver casket cool with pearls (Not in a silver casket cool with pearls) - J. Heggie
  • Not in a silver casket cool with pearls - J. Heggie, L. Lehrman
  • Not in a silver casket (Not in a silver casket cool with pearls) - L. Lehrman
  • Now by this moon, before this moon shall wane (Now by this moon, before this moon shall wane) (from Fatal Interview) - J. Poûhe
  • Now by this moon, before this moon shall wane (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs, J. Poûhe
  • O God, I cried. No dark disguise (All I could see from where I stood) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - H. Porter
  • Oh, burdock, and you other dock (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx)
  • Oh, come again to Astolat! (from Second April) - J. Duke, C. Herreshoff (Elaine)
  • Oh come, my lad, or go, my lad - L. Steele, S. Wheeler
  • Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! - J. Mitchell
  • Oh, sleep forever in the Latmian Cave (Oh, sleep forever in the Latmian cave) (from Fatal Interview) - I. Themmen
  • Oh, sleep forever in the Latmian cave (from Fatal Interview) - I. Themmen
  • Oh, think not I am faithful to a vow! (Oh, think not I am faithful to a vow!) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - J. Poûhe
  • Oh, think not I am faithful to a vow! (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - J. Poûhe
  • O mind, beset by music never for a moment quiet, – - E. Ewazen (Northern April)
  • On hearing a Symphony of Beethoven (Sweet sounds, oh, beautiful music, do not cease!) (from The Buck in the Snow) - L. Pfautsch, I. Themmen GER
  • O thou, of all the Angels loveliest and most learned (from Flowers of Evil) CZE HUN (The Litanies of Satan) - M. Gideon
  • O World, I cannot hold thee close enough! (from Renascence and Other Poems) - S. Adler, C. Alette, T. Colville, E. Ewazen, S. Harmati, W. Schuman, J. Wolfe (God's World)
  • Perfidious prince (Shall I be prisoner till my pulses stop) (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • Pile high the hickory and the light - J. Hall
  • Pity me not because the light of day (Pity me not because the light of day) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - W. Bolcom
  • Pity me not because the light of day (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - W. Bolcom, R. Kelly
  • Pity me not (Pity me not because the light of day) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - R. Kelly
  • Post mortem (Sweet love, sweet thorn, when lightly to my heart) (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • Prayer to Persephone (Be to her, Persephone) (from Second April - Memorial to D. C.) - L. Ricketts
  • Rain comes down . . . and hushes the town (from The Lamp and the Bell) - A. Bliss, M. Fink
  • Rain comes down (Rain comes down . . . and hushes the town) (from The Lamp and the Bell) - A. Bliss, M. Fink
  • Recuerdo (We were very tired, we were very merry —) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - V. Bond, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, J. Dove, L. House, J. Lessard, J. Musto, S. Wheeler
  • Remembering (Time does not bring relief: you all have lied) (from Renascence and Other Poems - Sonnets) - T. Picker
  • Renascence (All I could see from where I stood) (from Renascence and Other Poems)
  • Scrub (If I grow bitterly) - G. Tsontakis
  • Shall I be prisoner till my pulses stop (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • Shall I give your regards to Broadway, — now that I am here within - J. Hall
  • Short Story () - E. Ewazen [x]
  • Siege (This I do being mad) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - A. Bliss
  • Silver bark of beech, and sallow CHI - R. Sowash (Counting-out rhyme)
  • Since of no creature living the last breath (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs
  • Since your love died (I know what my heart is like) (from Second April) - J. Balzun
  • Soliloquy (Time does not bring relief: you all have lied) (from Renascence and Other Poems - Sonnets) - J. Zaimont
  • Some things are dark — or think they are - J. Hall (Some things are dark)
  • Some things are dark (Some things are dark — or think they are) - J. Hall
  • Song of a Second April (April this year, not otherwise) (from Second April) - T. Hoekman
  • Song (Gone, gone again is Summer the lovely) (from The Buck in the Snow) - J. Hall
  • Sonnet VIII (I, being born a woman and distressed) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) FRI
  • Sonnet IX (Here is a wound that never will heal, I know)
  • Sonnet XVII (Loving you less than life, a little less) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree)
  • Sonnet XXVII) (I know I am but summer to your heart)
  • Sonnet XXVIII (When we are old and these rejoicing veins) (from Fatal Interview)
  • Sonnet XXX (Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink) (from Fatal Interview)
  • Sonnet XLIII (What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) FRI GER
  • Sonnet 119 (The heart once broken is a heart no more) (from Fatal Interview)
  • Sonnet (I shall go back again to the bleak shore) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - T. Briccetti
  • Sonnet (Thou famished grave, I will not fill thee yet)
  • "Son," said my mother, when I was knee-high (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) (The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver) - R. Thomas, E. Warren
  • Son," said my mother (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - R. Thomas, E. Warren (The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver)
  • Souvenir (Just a rainy day or two) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - R. Gordon
  • Spring is here, — and I could be very happy, except that I am broke. Would - J. Hall
  • Spring (To what purpose, April, do you return again?) (from Second April) - J. Heggie, L. Liebermann, K. Mechem
  • Summer () - L. Liebermann [x]
  • Sweet love, sweet thorn, when lightly to my heart (from Fatal Interview) - E. Kohs, R. Manno
  • Sweet love, sweet thorn (Sweet love, sweet thorn, when lightly to my heart) (from Fatal Interview) - R. Manno
  • Sweet sounds, o beautiful music (Sweet sounds, oh, beautiful music, do not cease!) (from The Buck in the Snow) - J. Duke GER
  • Sweet sounds, oh, beautiful music, do not cease! (from The Buck in the Snow) GER - J. Duke, L. Pfautsch, I. Themmen (On hearing a Symphony of Beethoven)
  • Tavern (I'll keep a little tavern) (from Renascence and Other Poems)
  • The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (Son," said my mother) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - R. Thomas
  • The beast that rends me in the sight of it all (The beast that rends me in the sight of it all) (from Fatal Interview) - E. Warren
  • The beast that rends me in the sight of it all (from Fatal Interview) - E. Warren
  • The Betrothal (Oh come, my lad, or go, my lad) - L. Steele, S. Wheeler
  • The Bobolink (Black bird scudding) - E. Ewazen
  • The buck in the snow (White sky, over the hemlocks bowed with snow) - E. Ewazen, S. Sargon
  • The concert (No, I will go alone) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - T. Hoekman
  • The Death of Autumn I (When reeds are dead and straw to thatch the marshes) (from Second April) - L. Liebermann
  • The Death of Autumn II (When reeds are dead and straw to thatch the marshes) (from Second April) - L. Liebermann
  • The death of Autumn (When reeds are dead and straw to thatch the marshes) (from Second April) - H. Kerr
  • The Dream (Love, if I weep it will not matter) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - E. Ewazen, J. Mitchell
  • The first rose on my rose tree (from Renascence and Other Poems) - L. Steele
  • The harp weaver (Son," said my mother) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - E. Warren
  • The heart can push the sea and land (from Renascence and Other Poems) - V. Persichetti (Renascence)
  • The heart can push the sea and land (The heart can push the sea and land) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - V. Persichetti
  • The heart once broken is a heart no more (from Fatal Interview) - E. Warren (Sonnet 119)
  • The horseshoe (Wonder where this horseshoe went) (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • The light comes back with Columbine; she brings - J. Mitchell
  • The Litanies of Satan (O thou, of all the Angels loveliest and most learned) (from Flowers of Evil) CZE HUN
  • The little tavern (I'll keep a little tavern) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - R. Vanderlip
  • The pear tree (In the squalid, dirty dooryard) - I. Gurney, P. Spino
  • The Philosopher (And what are you that, wanting you) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - T. Hoekman
  • The railroad track is miles away (from Second April) - G. Bachlund, J. Balzun, J. Mitchell, L. Steele
  • The railroad track (The railroad track is miles away) (from Second April) - J. Balzun
  • The return from town (As I sat down by Saddle Stream) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - H. Adams, A. Bliss, T. Briccetti, J. Carroll, J. Duke, C. Herreshoff, T. Hoekman, J. Mitchell
  • The return () (from Wine from these Grapes) - R. Kelly [x]
  • There was a road ran past our house (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - M. Besly (The unexplorer)
  • The Road to Avrillé (April again in Avrillé) (from The Buck in the Snow) - T. Hoekman, S. Lekberg, R. Thomas
  • These hills, to hurt me more - E. Ewazen (Mist in the Valley)
  • These wet rocks where the tide has been - L. Steele
  • The Spring and the Fall (In the spring of the year, in the spring of the year) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - S. Lekberg
  • The true encounter (Wolf!" cried my cunning heart) - A. Vores
  • The unexplorer (There was a road ran past our house) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - M. Besly
  • The wild swans (I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over) (from Second April) - J. Mitchell
  • The world stands out on either side (All I could see from where I stood) (from Renascence and Other Poems) - B. White
  • Think not, not for a moment let your mind - J. Mitchell
  • Thin Rain, whom are you haunting (from Second April) - E. Ewazen, I. Themmen (Wraith)
  • This I do being mad (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - A. Bliss
  • Thistles and roses (All the grown-up people say) (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • Thou famished grave, I will not fill thee yet - J. Duke (Sonnet)
  • Thou famished grave (Thou famished grave, I will not fill thee yet) - J. Duke
  • Thursday (And if I loved you Wednesday) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - I. Brussels, H. Johnson, S. Wheeler
  • Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird - R. Thomas (To a young poet)
  • Time does not bring relief: you all have lied (from Renascence and Other Poems - Sonnets) - J. Duke, E. Gold, J. Mitchell, T. Picker, S. Wheeler, J. Zaimont
  • Time does not bring relief (Time does not bring relief: you all have lied) (from Renascence and Other Poems - Sonnets) - J. Duke, E. Gold, J. Mitchell, S. Wheeler
  • To Anne Gardner Lynch (I have just got your letter. Oh, if I could just get my arms about) - J. Hall
  • To Arthur Davison Ficke (I have wanted so often to write you -- not that I like writing) - J. Hall
  • To Arthur Davison Ficke (It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another — it’s one damn) - J. Hall
  • To Arthur Davison Ficke (Shall I give your regards to Broadway, — now that I am here within) - J. Hall
  • To a young poet (Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird) - R. Thomas
  • To Harriet Monroe (Spring is here, — and I could be very happy, except that I am broke. Would) - J. Hall
  • To Mother (Do you know, almost all people love their mothers, but I have never met) - J. Hall
  • To Mr. Ficke and Mr. Bynner (Mr. Earle has acquainted me with your wild surmises. Gentlemen) - J. Hall
  • To Norma Millay (I am working like the devil, which is why I don’t write more) - J. Hall
  • To One Who Might Have Borne a Message (Had I known that you were going) - R. Thomas
  • To the Not Impossible Him (How shall I know, unless I go) (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - M. Besly
  • To what purpose, April, do you return again? (from Second April) - J. Heggie, L. Liebermann, K. Mechem (Spring)
  • Travel (The railroad track is miles away) (from Second April) - G. Bachlund, J. Mitchell, L. Steele
  • Twig of willow (Silver bark of beech, and sallow) - R. Sowash CHI
  • Vanished Summer (Gone, gone again is Summer the lovely) (from The Buck in the Snow) - E. Harris
  • Ways to die (I know a hundred ways to die) (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke
  • Weep him dead and mourn as you may - S. Smith (Keen)
  • We were very tired, we were very merry — (from A Few Figs from Thistles) - V. Bond, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, J. Dove, L. House, J. Lessard, J. Musto, S. Wheeler (Recuerdo)
  • What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) FRI GER - C. Alette, G. Bachlund, J. Beeson, L. Bernstein, M. Bonds, D. Del Tredici, J. Dove, M. Fink, J. Heggie, A. Henderson, R. Kelly, R. Manno, W. Mayer, J. Poûhe, I. Venables (Sonnet XLIII)
  • What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - J. Dove, R. Manno, J. Poûhe FRI GER
  • What lips my lips have kissed (What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - C. Alette, G. Bachlund, J. Beeson, L. Bernstein, M. Bonds, D. Del Tredici, M. Fink, J. Heggie, A. Henderson, R. Kelly, W. Mayer FRI GER
  • What path I take (It's little I care what path I take) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems) - J. Balzun
  • When reeds are dead and straw to thatch the marshes (from Second April) - H. Kerr, L. Liebermann (The death of Autumn)
  • When we are old and these rejoicing veins (from Fatal Interview) - A. Henderson (Sonnet XXVIII)
  • When we are old... (When we are old and these rejoicing veins) (from Fatal Interview) - A. Henderson
  • When we meet again (Sonnet) (I, being born a woman and distressed) (from The Harp-Weaver and other poems - Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree) - T. Picker FRI
  • Where she lies (Heap not on this mound) (from Second April - Memorial to D. C.) - H. Cowell
  • White sky, over the hemlocks bowed with snow - E. Ewazen, S. Sargon (The Buck in the Snow)
  • Why do you follow me? - S. Grill
  • Wild swans (I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over) (from Second April) - H. Adams, J. Duke, P. Fetler, H. Kerr, L. Steele, I. Themmen
  • Winter night (Pile high the hickory and the light) - J. Hall
  • Winter () - L. Liebermann [x]
  • Wolf!" cried my cunning heart - A. Vores
  • Women have loved before as I love now (Women have loved before as I love now) (from Fatal Interview) - M. Bonds, J. Heggie, J. Poûhe
  • Women have loved before as I love now (from Fatal Interview) - M. Bonds, J. Heggie, J. Poûhe
  • Wonder where this horseshoe went (from Poems Selected for Young People - From a Very Little Sphinx) - J. Duke, K. Smith
  • Wraith (Thin Rain, whom are you haunting) (from Second April) - E. Ewazen, I. Themmen
  • You'll be sorry (Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!) - J. Mitchell

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