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Author: Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Captain Craig
The Children of the Night
The Three Taverns
The Town Down the River

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A happy man (When these graven lines you see ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin, J. Duke
A mighty runner (The day when Charmus ran with five ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin
An inscription by the sea (No dust have I to cover me ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin, N. Wright, J. Duke ITA
Aretemias (I'm sure I see it all now as it was) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
Because he was a butcher and thereby (from The Children of the Night)
R. Hensel: Reuben Bright

Calvary (Friendless and faint, with martyred steps and slow ) (from The Children of the Night) - J. Duke
Cliff Klingenhagen (Cliff Klingenhagen had me in to dine) (from The Children of the Night) - R. Hensel
Cliff Klingenhagen had me in to dine (from The Children of the Night)
R. Hensel: Cliff Klingenhagen

Credo (I cannot find my way: there is no star) (from The Children of the Night) - S. Allcock, L. Souther, J. Duke
Dark hills at evening in the west (from The Three Taverns) GER
S. Adler, L. Bassett, K. Bissell, W. Coker, P. Pisk, J. Russell, L. Souther, R. Travis, W. Watts, J. Duke: The dark hills

Doricha (So now the very bones of you are gone ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin
Eutychides (Eutychides, who wrote the songs ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin
Eutychides, who wrote the songs (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
F. Lewin: Eutychides

Friendless and faint, with martyred steps and slow (from The Children of the Night)
J. Duke: Calvary

Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal (from The Children of the Night)
J. Duke, L. Saminsky: Luke Havergal

Hymn of triumph - M. Daniels [x]
I cannot find my way: there is no star (from The Children of the Night)
S. Allcock, L. Souther, J. Duke: Credo

I'm sure I see it all now as it was (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
James Wetherell (We never half believed the stuff) - R. Hensel
Like many a one, when you had gold (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
F. Lewin: The old story

Luke Havergal (Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal ) (from The Children of the Night) - J. Duke, L. Saminsky
Miniver Cheevy (A satire in the form of variations) (Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn ) (from The Town Down the River) - J. Duke
Miniver Cheevy (Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn ) (from The Town Down the River) - F. Bornschein, P. James, W. Watts
Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn (from The Town Down the River)
J. Duke: Miniver Cheevy (A satire in the form of variations)
F. Bornschein, P. James, W. Watts: Miniver Cheevy

No dust have I to cover me (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) ITA
F. Lewin, N. Wright, J. Duke: An inscription by the sea

Reuben Bright (Because he was a butcher and thereby ) (from The Children of the Night) - R. Hensel
Richard Cory (Whenever Richard Cory went down town ) (from The Children of the Night) - J. Duke, C. Naginski, P. James, P. Reif
So now the very bones of you are gone (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
F. Lewin: Doricha

The dark hills (Dark hills at evening in the west ) (from The Three Taverns) - S. Adler, L. Bassett, K. Bissell, W. Coker, P. Pisk, J. Russell, L. Souther, R. Travis, W. Watts, J. Duke GER
The day when Charmus ran with five (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
F. Lewin: A mighty runner

The dust of Timas (This dust was Timas; and they say ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) FRE
F. Lewin: The dust of Timas

The house on the hill (They are all gone away) (from The Children of the Night) - A. Copland, T. Mirante, L. Souther, J. Duke
The old story (Like many a one, when you had gold ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin
The song of Jael - M. Daniels [x]
They are all gone away (from The Children of the Night)
A. Copland, T. Mirante, L. Souther, J. Duke: The house on the hill

This dust was Timas; and they say (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) FRE
F. Lewin: The dust of Timas

Through the shine, through the rain (from Captain Craig)
D. Mason: Twilight song

To-morrow (To-morrow? Then your one word left is always now the same ) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin
To-morrow? Then your one word left is always now the same (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
F. Lewin: To-morrow

Twilight song (Through the shine, through the rain) (from Captain Craig) - D. Mason
We never half believed the stuff
R. Hensel: James Wetherell

When these graven lines you see (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes)
F. Lewin, J. Duke: A happy man

Whenever Richard Cory went down town (from The Children of the Night)
J. Duke, C. Naginski, P. James, P. Reif: Richard Cory

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