I know noble accents

 I know noble accents
 And lucid, inescapable rhythms;
 But I know, too,
 That the blackbird is involved
 In what I know.

by Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) , from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, published 1917

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Lukas Foss (1922-) , no title, 1978, from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 8.
by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990) , no title, 1947, published 1951, from 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 8.
by Louise Juliette Talma (1906-1996) , no title, 1979 [tenor or soprano, oboe, flute or violin, and piano], from 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, no. 8.

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