© by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979)
Insomnia
Language: English
The moon in the bureau mirror [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Insomnia", appears in Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring, first published 1955, copyright © 1976 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (1908 - 2012), "Insomnia", published 1977 [soprano and chamber orchestra], from A mirror on which to dwell, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
- by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "Insomnia", 1990, from Three Ages of Woman, no. 3. [text not verified]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 108