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Texts by M. Oliver set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Mary Oliver (b. 1935)

Text Collections:

  • Dream Work
  • West Wind

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

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The symbol [x] indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database.
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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

  • Across the wide waters [x] * - D. Thomas
  • And the speck of my heart (from West Wind) [x] * - D. Thomas (Prose poem No. 3)
  • But how did you come burning down like a * - D. Leisner
  • Come with me (If there is life after the earth-life, will you come with me?) - D. Leisner *
  • Dark is as dark does (Dark is as dark does) - D. Leisner *
  • Dark is as dark does * - D. Leisner
  • Every morning (from Dream Work) * - M. Rose (Morning poem)
  • First snow (The snow/ began here) - M. Rose *
  • Harvest moon -- The mockingbird sings in the night () - E. Diemer [x] *
  • If there is life after the earth-life, will you come with me? * - D. Leisner
  • In Blackwater Woods (Look, the trees) - M. Rose, D. Thomas *
  • I thought the earth * - M. Rose (Sleeping in the forest)
  • It is midnight, or almost * - D. Leisner
  • Look, the trees * - M. Rose, D. Thomas (In Blackwater Woods)
  • Morning poem (Every morning) (from Dream Work) - M. Rose *
  • Night birds (There are night birds, in the garden below us, singing) - D. Leisner *
  • Oh Tiger (And the speck of my heart) (from West Wind) - D. Thomas [x] *
  • Prose poem No. 3 (And the speck of my heart) (from West Wind) [x] *
  • Row for your life (You are young. So you know everything. You leap) - D. Leisner *
  • Sleeping in the forest (I thought the earth) - M. Rose *
  • There are night birds, in the garden below us, singing * - D. Leisner
  • The snow/ began here * - M. Rose (First snow)
  • The snow * (First snow) - M. Rose
  • The swan (Across the wide waters) - D. Thomas [x] *
  • West Wind (It is midnight, or almost) - D. Leisner *
  • Wild Needle (But how did you come burning down like a) - D. Leisner *
  • You are young. So you know everything. You leap * - D. Leisner

Last update: 2023-05-10 18:31:01

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