View of the Capitol from the Library of...

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by Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) , "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress", from Poems: North & South -- A Cold Spring, published 1955, copyright ©

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by Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (1908-) , "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress", published 1977 [soprano and chamber orchestra], from A mirror on which to dwell, no. 5.

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