Author: Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977)

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A prayer for this house (May nothing evil cross this door ) - G. Young *
A winter lyric (The winter winds were swift and stinging) - W. Rothwell [x]
Caliban in the Coal Mines (God, we don't like to complain) - L. Raymond
Folk-Song [x]
W. Rothwell: Folk-Song

From "The Swimmers" (Then the swift plunge into the cool green dark) - C. Ives
God, though this life is but a wraith
M. Baron: Prayer

God, we don't like to complain
L. Raymond: Caliban in the Coal Mines

Good fortune is a giddy maid (Good fortune is a giddy maid) - C. Olmstead ENG GER [x] *
Good fortune is a giddy maid ENG GER [x] *
C. Olmstead: Good fortune is a giddy maid

May nothing evil cross this door *
G. Young: A prayer for this house
G. McKay, V. Persichetti, R. Quaile: Prayer for this house

Only of thee and me (Only of thee and me the night wind sings ) - M. Bauer, G. Becker, T. Hart, J. Spencer, G. Wiley ITA
Only of thee and me the night wind sings ITA
M. Bauer, G. Becker, T. Hart, J. Spencer, G. Wiley: Only of thee and me

Prayer (God, though this life is but a wraith) - M. Baron
Prayer for this house (May nothing evil cross this door ) - G. McKay, V. Persichetti, R. Quaile *
Storm (The storm rages now and whips the waves) - D. Kidwell ENG GER FRE
The storm rages now and whips the waves ENG GER FRE
D. Kidwell: Storm

The winter winds were swift and stinging [x]
W. Rothwell: A winter lyric

Then the swift plunge into the cool green dark
C. Ives: From "The Swimmers"