© by Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
English Usage Matches base text
Language: English
Make a fuss and be tedious [ ... ]
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- Set to music by Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896 - 1989), "English Usage", alternate title: "Strike till the iron is hot", published 1966 [ medium voice, piano ], from Two By Marianne Moore, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972), "I've Been Thinking...", appears in The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore, first published 1967, copyright ©
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