Song Cycle by John Mitchell (1941-)

1. To the thawing wind

Authorship

by Robert Frost (1874-1963) , "To the thawing wind", from A Boy's Will, published 1913

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Come with rain, O loud Southwester!
Bring the singer, bring the nester;
Give the buried flower a dream;
Make the settled snow-bank steam;
Find the brown beneath the white;
But whate'er you do to-night,
Bathe my window, make it flow,
Melt it as the ices go;
Melt the glass and leave the sticks
Like a hermit's crucifix;
Burst into my narrow stall;
Swing the picture on the wall;
Run the rattling pages o'er;
Scatter poems on the floor;
Turn the poet out of door.

2. Nightscene

Authorship

by Robert Frost (1874-1963) , from North of Boston, from "The death of the hired man", published 1915

Part of a moon was falling down the west,
Dragging the whole sky with it to the hills.
Its light poured softly in her lap. She saw
And spread her apron to it. She put out her hand
Among the harp-like morning-glory strings,
Taut with the dew from garden bed to eaves,
As if she played unheard the tenderness
That wrought on him beside her in the night.
"Warren," she said, "he has come home to die:
You needn't be afraid he'll leave you this time."

3. Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

Authorship

by Robert Frost (1874-1963) , "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening", from New Hampshire, published 1923, copyright ©

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Whose woods these are I think I know
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4. Acquainted with the night

Authorship

by Robert Frost (1874-1963) , "Acquainted with the night", from West-Running Brook, copyright © 1928

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I have been one acquainted with the night
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5. Riders

Authorship

by Robert Frost (1874-1963) , "Riders", from West-Running Brook, copyright © 1928

The surest thing there is is we are riders
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