Texts by A. Bierce set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- Allah's good laws (Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept) (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- A Prayer for Today (I saw a man who knelt in prayer) (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund
- A Rational Anthem (My country, 'tis of thee) - G. Bachlund
- As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- Business (Two villains of the highest rank) (from Shapes of Clay) - R. Baksa
- Consolation (Little's the good to sit and grieve) (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund
- Despots effete upon tottering thrones (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund (Election Day)
- Egotist (Megaceph, chosen to serve the State) (from The Cynic's Word Book) - G. Bachlund
- Election Day (Despots effete upon tottering thrones) (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund
- Freedom, as every schoolboy knows (from The Devil's Dictionary) - G. Bachlund (Freedom)
- Freedom (Freedom, as every schoolboy knows) (from The Devil's Dictionary) - G. Bachlund
- Free will (There's no free will," says the philosopher) - E. Bacon
- Hassan Bedreddin, clad in rags, ill-shod (from Shapes of Clay) - R. Baksa (Religion)
- I saw a man who knelt in prayer, and heard him say (from Shapes of Clay) (To-Day) - G. Bachlund
- I saw a man who knelt in prayer (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund (To-Day)
- I saw -- 't was in a dream, the other night - R. Baksa (Montefiore)
- Little's the good to sit and grieve (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund (Consolation)
- Megaceph, chosen to serve the State (from The Cynic's Word Book) - G. Bachlund (Egotist)
- Montefiore (I saw -- 't was in a dream, the other night) - R. Baksa
- My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of felony (A Rational Anthem) - G. Bachlund
- My country, 'tis of thee - G. Bachlund (A Rational Anthem)
- One night," a doctor said, "last fall (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world (from The Devil's Dictionary) - G. Bachlund
- Opera, n. (OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world) (from The Devil's Dictionary) - G. Bachlund
- Politics (That land full surely hastens to its end) (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund
- Religion (Hassan Bedreddin, clad in rags, ill-shod) (from Shapes of Clay) - R. Baksa
- That land full surely hastens to its end (from Shapes of Clay) - G. Bachlund (Politics)
- The Graverobber (One night," a doctor said, "last fall) (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- There's no free will," says the philosopher - E. Bacon (The will)
- The Troutlet (As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet) (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- The will (There's no free will," says the philosopher)
- To-Day (I saw a man who knelt in prayer) (from Shapes of Clay)
- To men a man is but a mind. Who cares (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- To men (To men a man is but a mind. Who cares) (from The Devil's Dictionary) - R. Baksa
- Two villains of the highest rank (from Shapes of Clay) - R. Baksa (Business)
- Una de estas mañanas () - R. Zuidam [x]
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