© by Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
O to be a dragon Matches base text
Language: English
If I, like Solomon, [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by William Bolcom (b. 1938), "O to be a dragon", 1990, first performed 1991 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from I Will Breath a Mountain: A Song Cycle from American Women Poets, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972), "O to be a dragon", from O to Be a Dragon, first published 1959, copyright ©
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-02
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Word count: 31