Author: Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979)
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- Across the floor flits the mechanical toy * (Cirque d'hiver)
- Across the floor flits the mechanical toy * - John H. Harbison (Cirque d'hiver)
- Alone on the railroad track * (Chemin de Fer)
- Alone on the railroad track * - John H. Harbison (Chemin de Fer)
- Anaphora (Each day with so much ceremony) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) *
- Anaphora (Each day with so much ceremony) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. *
- A pocket of time (We lived in a pocket of Time) - Lee Hoiby
- Argument (Days that cannot bring you near) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) *
- Argument (Days that cannot bring you near) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. *
- At four o’clock * (Roosters)
- At four o’clock * - Juliana Hall (Roosters)
- A washing hangs upon the line (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) * (Ballad for Billie I)
- A washing hangs upon the line (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) * - John H. Harbison (Ballad for Billie I)
- A word with you () - Juliana Hall [x] *
- Ballad for Billie I (A washing hangs upon the line) (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) *
- Ballad for Billie I (A washing hangs upon the line) (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) - John H. Harbison *
- Ballad for Billie II (The time has come to call a halt) (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) *
- Ballad for Billie II (The time has come to call a halt) (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) - John H. Harbison *
- Bedlam () (from Questions of Travel) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Beneath that loved and celebrated breast (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) * (O breath)
- Beneath that loved and celebrated breast (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) * - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (O breath)
- Breakfast song (My love, my saving grace) (from North and South) *
- Breakfast song (My love, my saving grace) (from North and South) - John H. Harbison *
- Caught -- the bubble * - Augusta Read Thomas (Sonnet)
- Chemin de Fer (Alone on the railroad track) *
- Chemin de Fer (Alone on the railroad track) - John H. Harbison *
- Cirque d'hiver (Across the floor flits the mechanical toy) *
- Cirque d'hiver (Across the floor flits the mechanical toy) - John H. Harbison *
- Conversation (The tumult in the heart) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) *
- Conversation (The tumult in the heart) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) - Ned Rorem *
- Days that cannot bring you near (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * (Argument)
- Days that cannot bring you near (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (Argument)
- Dear, my compass... (Dear, my compass) - John H. Harbison *
- Dear, my compass * - John H. Harbison (Dear, my compass...)
- Each day with so much ceremony (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * (Anaphora)
- Each day with so much ceremony (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (Anaphora)
- Filling Station (Oh, but it is dirty!) *
- Filling Station (Oh, but it is dirty!) - Lee Hoiby *
- From a magician's midnight sleeve (from North and South) * (Late air)
- From a magician's midnight sleeve (from North and South) * - John H. Harbison (Late air)
- Giant Snail (The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all ) *
- Giant snail (The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all ) - Lee Hoiby *
- Giant Toad (I am too big. Too big by far. Pity me) *
- Giant Toad (I am too big. Too big by far. Pity me) - Lee Hoiby *
- I am in need of music that would flow * - Alva Henderson, Ben Moore, Tobias Picker (I am in need of music)
- I am in need of music that would flow * - Judith Cloud (Sonnet (1928))
- I am in need of music that would flow * (Sonnet)
- I am in need of music (I am in need of music that would flow) - Alva Henderson, Ben Moore, Tobias Picker *
- I am too big. Too big by far. Pity me * (Giant Toad)
- I am too big. Too big by far. Pity me * - Lee Hoiby (Giant Toad)
- I caught a tremendous fish * - William Bolcom (The fish)
- Imber nocturnus () - Juliana Hall [x] *
- Insomnia (The moon in the bureau mirror) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) *
- Insomnia (The moon in the bureau mirror) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., Lee Hoiby *
- Late air (From a magician's midnight sleeve) (from North and South) *
- Late air (From a magician's midnight sleeve) (from North and South) - John H. Harbison *
- Manners (My grandfather said to me) - Lee Hoiby *
- Moving from left to left, the light (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * (View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress)
- Moving from left to left, the light (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress)
- My grandfather said to me * - Lee Hoiby (Manners)
- My love, my saving grace (from North and South) * (Breakfast song)
- My love, my saving grace (from North and South) * - John H. Harbison (Breakfast song)
- O breath (Beneath that loved and celebrated breast) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) *
- O breath (Beneath that loved and celebrated breast) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. *
- Oh, but it is dirty! * (Filling Station)
- Oh, but it is dirty! * - Lee Hoiby (Filling Station)
- One art () - Juliana Hall [x] *
- Roosters (At four o’clock) *
- Roosters (At four o’clock) - Juliana Hall *
- Sandpiper (The roaring alongside he takes for granted) (from Questions of Travel) *
- Sandpiper (The roaring alongside he takes for granted) (from Questions of Travel) - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., Lee Hoiby *
- Sleep standing up () - Daniel Schlosberg [x] *
- Song (Summer is over upon the sea) (from North and South) *
- Song (Summer is over upon the sea) (from North and South) - John H. Harbison *
- Sonnet (1928) (I am in need of music that would flow) - Judith Cloud *
- Sonnet (Caught -- the bubble) - Augusta Read Thomas *
- Sonnet (I am in need of music that would flow) *
- Sonnet () - Juliana Hall [x] *
- Strayed Crab (This is not my home. How did I get so far from water? It must ) *
- Strayed crab (This is not my home. How did I get so far from water? It must ) - Lee Hoiby *
- Summer is over upon the sea (from North and South) * (Song)
- Summer is over upon the sea (from North and South) * - John H. Harbison (Song)
- The fish (I caught a tremendous fish) - William Bolcom *
- The moon in the bureau mirror (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * (Insomnia)
- The moon in the bureau mirror (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., Lee Hoiby (Insomnia)
- The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all night * (Giant Snail)
- The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all * (Giant Snail)
- The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all * - Lee Hoiby (Giant snail)
- The roaring alongside he takes for granted (from Questions of Travel) * (Sandpiper)
- The roaring alongside he takes for granted (from Questions of Travel) * - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., Lee Hoiby (Sandpiper)
- The time has come to call a halt (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) * (Ballad for Billie II)
- The time has come to call a halt (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) * - John H. Harbison (Ballad for Billie II)
- The tumult in the heart (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) * (Conversation)
- The tumult in the heart (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) * - Ned Rorem (Conversation)
- The wave () - Juliana Hall [x] *
- This is not my home. How did I get so far from water? It must * (Strayed Crab)
- This is not my home. How did I get so far from water? It must * - Lee Hoiby (Strayed crab)
- View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress (Moving from left to left, the light) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) *
- View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress (Moving from left to left, the light) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. *
- Visits to St. Elizabeth's () (from Questions of Travel) [x] *
- Visits to St. Elizabeth's () (from Questions of Travel) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- We lived in a pocket of Time - Lee Hoiby (A pocket of time)
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