Texts by R. Frost set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• A Boy's Will
• A Further Range
• A Witness Tree
• Come In
• Mountain Interval
• New Hampshire
• North of Boston
• West-Running Brook

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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• Acquainted with the night (I have been one acquainted with the night) (from West-Running Brook) - J. Duke, A. Freed, J. Mitchell GER
• A dream pang (I had withdrawn in forest, and my song) (from A Boy's Will) - W. Ames
• After Apple-picking (My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree) (from North of Boston) - G. Bachlund
• A girl's garden (A neighbor of mine in the village) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Thompson
• A minor bird (I have wished a bird would fly away) (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, J. Behrend, C. Dougherty
• An ant on the tablecloth (from A Further Range) - L. Berkowitz, H. Bielawa (Departmental)
• A neighbor of mine in the village (from Mountain Interval) - R. Thompson (A girl's garden)
• Ants (An ant on the tablecloth) (from A Further Range) - H. Bielawa
• A patch of old snow (There's a patch of old snow in a corner) (from Mountain Interval) - W. Ames, P. Spino
• A prayer in spring (Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today) (from A Boy's Will) - G. McKay
• As I came to the edge of the woods (from A Further Range) - N. Rorem, R. Thompson (Come in)
• As I went down the hill along the wall (from Mountain Interval) - J. Weiss (Meeting and passing)
• As I went out a Crow (from Mountain Interval) - J. Duke (The last word of a bluebird as told to a child)
• Atmosphere - Inscription for a Garden Wall (Winds blow the open grassy places bleak) - D. Weiland *
• Atmosphere (Winds blow the open grassy places bleak) *
• Before man came to blow it right - S. Grill, R. Perera
• Be it my loss (Now close the windows and hush all the fields) (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
• Birches (When I see birches bend to left and right) (from Mountain Interval) - P. Reif
• Blue-Butterfly Day (It is blue-butterfly day here in spring) - L. Liebermann
• Bond And Free (Love has earth to which she clings) - D. Weiland *
• Chamber Music (An ant on the tablecloth) (from A Further Range) - L. Berkowitz
• Choose Something Like a Star (O Star (the fairest one in sight)) (from Come In) - R. Thompson
• Come In (As I came to the edge of the woods) (from A Further Range) - N. Rorem, R. Thompson
• Come with rain, O loud Southwester! (from A Boy's Will) - J. Duke, E. Gregson, J. Mitchell (To the thawing wind)
• Departmental (An ant on the tablecloth) (from A Further Range)
• Dust of snow (The way a crow) (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Carter, L. Liebermann, N. Peros, V. Persichetti, A. Rosser
• Fire and ice (Some say the world will end in fire) (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Bacon, H. Cowell, A. Hudson, E. Moritz, C. Taylor
• Here come the line-gang pioneering by (from Mountain Interval) - E. Carter (The line-gang)
• How countlessly they congregate - L. Liebermann
• If heaven were to do again - S. Grill
• I had withdrawn in forest, and my song (from A Boy's Will) - W. Ames (A dream pang)
• I have been one acquainted with the night (from West-Running Brook) GER - J. Duke, A. Freed, J. Mitchell (Acquainted with the night)
• I have wished a bird would fly away (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, J. Behrend, C. Dougherty (A minor bird)
• I'm going out to clean the pasture spring (from North of Boston) - M. Bonds, H. Cowell, P. Gordon, B. Murray, C. Naginski, V. Persichetti, R. Thompson, J. Weiss (The pasture)
• Into My Own (One of my wishes is that those dark trees) - L. Liebermann
• Iris By Night (One misty evening, one another’s guide) - D. Weiland *
• I stole forth dimly in the dripping pause * - D. Weiland (Moon Compasses)
• It is blue-butterfly day here in spring - L. Liebermann
• I turned to speak to God - G. Bachlund (Not All There)
• It was too lonely for her there (from Mountain Interval) - R. Owen (The Impulse)
• I wonder about the trees (from Mountain Interval) - H. Elwell (The sound of the trees)
• Love has earth to which she clings * - D. Weiland (Bond And Free)
• Lovers, forget your love (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
• Meeting and passing (As I went down the hill along the wall) (from Mountain Interval) - J. Weiss
• Moon Compasses (I stole forth dimly in the dripping pause) - D. Weiland *
• My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree (from North of Boston) - G. Bachlund (After Apple-picking)
• Nature's first green is gold (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, C. Bentz, A. Henderson, J. Musto, N. Peros, R. Sowash, P. Spino (Nothing gold can stay)
• Nightscene (Part of a moon was falling down the west) (from North of Boston) - J. Mitchell
• Not All There (I turned to speak to God) - G. Bachlund
• Nothing gold can stay (Nature's first green is gold) (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, C. Bentz, J. Musto, N. Peros, R. Sowash, P. Spino
• Nothing gold (Nature's first green is gold) (from New Hampshire) - A. Henderson
• November (We saw leaves go to glory) *
• Now close the windows and hush all the fields (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield, L. Liebermann, B. Murray (Now close the windows)
• Now close the windows (Now close the windows and hush all the fields) (from A Boy's Will) - L. Liebermann, B. Murray
• October Morning (O hushed October morning mild) (from A Boy's Will) - J. Raynor
• October (O hushed October morning mild) (from A Boy's Will) - G. Bachlund, A. Henderson
• O give us pleasure in the flowers today (Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today) (from A Boy's Will) - T. Canning, C. Taylor
• Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today (from A Boy's Will) - T. Canning, G. McKay, C. Taylor (A prayer in spring)
• O hushed October morning mild (from A Boy's Will) - G. Bachlund, A. Henderson, J. Raynor (October)
• One misty evening, one another’s guide * - D. Weiland (Iris By Night)
• One of my wishes is that those dark trees - L. Liebermann
• On glossy wires artistically bent (from A Further Range) - C. Bentz (Waspish)
• O Star (the fairest one in sight) (from Come In) - R. Thompson (Choose Something Like a Star)
• Out, Out (The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard) (from Mountain Interval) - L. Phelps
• Out through the fields and the woods (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield (Reluctance)
• Pan came out of the woods one day - A. Henderson (Pan with us)
• Pan with us (Pan came out of the woods one day) - A. Henderson
• Part of a moon was falling down the west (from North of Boston) - J. Mitchell
• Prologue (When I see birches bend to left and right) (from Mountain Interval) - L. Spratlan
• Reluctance (Out through the fields and the woods) (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
• Riders (The surest thing there is is we are riders) (from West-Running Brook) - J. Mitchell
• She is as in a field a silken tent (from A Witness Tree) - A. Alon (The silken tent)
• Some say the world will end in fire (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Bacon, H. Cowell, A. Hudson, E. Moritz, C. Taylor (Fire and ice)
• Something inspires the only cow of late - P. Salerni (The Cow in Apple Time)
• Spring Pools (These pools that, though in forests, still reflect) (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, H. Cowell
• Stars (How countlessly they congregate) - L. Liebermann
• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Whose woods these are I think I know) (from New Hampshire) - M. Bonds, N. Boulanger, L. Crabtree, A. Diers, J. Duke, F. Glazer, L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, A. Henderson, W. Hoskins, A. Hudson, J. La Montaine, L. Liebermann, J. Mitchell, O. Mortensen, N. Peros, N. Rorem, A. Rosser, P. Sargent, A. Schmutz, R. Thompson, D. Weiland GER
• Stopping by Woods (Whose woods these are I think I know) (from New Hampshire) - D. Swann GER
• The aim was song (Before man came to blow it right) - S. Grill, R. Perera
• The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard (from Mountain Interval) - L. Phelps (Out, Out)
• The Cow in Apple Time (Something inspires the only cow of late) - P. Salerni
• The dust of snow (The way a crow) (from New Hampshire) - L. Hoiby
• The falls ('Tis a steep wood of rocks) - J. Weiss
• The Gift Outright (The land was ours before we were the land's) (from A Witness Tree) - R. Thompson
• The Impulse (It was too lonely for her there) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Owen
• The land was ours before we were the land's (from A Witness Tree) - R. Thompson (The Gift Outright)
• The last word of a bluebird as told to a child (As I went out a Crow) (from Mountain Interval)
• The last word of a bluebird (As I went out a Crow) (from Mountain Interval) - J. Duke
• The line-gang (Here come the line-gang pioneering by) (from Mountain Interval) - E. Carter
• The oven bird (There is a singer everyone has heard) (from Mountain Interval) - A. Hinton
• The pasture (I'm going out to clean the pasture spring) (from North of Boston) - M. Bonds, H. Cowell, P. Gordon, B. Murray, C. Naginski, V. Persichetti, R. Thompson, J. Weiss
• The Peaceful Shepherd (If heaven were to do again) - S. Grill
• There is a singer everyone has heard (from Mountain Interval) - A. Hinton (The oven bird)
• There's a patch of old snow in a corner (from Mountain Interval) - W. Ames, P. Spino (A patch of old snow)
• The Road not Taken (Two roads diverged in a yellow wood) (from Mountain Interval) - H. Elwell, R. Thompson, D. Weiland GER
• The rose family (The rose is a rose) (from West-Running Brook) - E. Carter, J. Musto
• The rose is a rose (from West-Running Brook) - E. Carter, J. Musto (The rose family)
• These pools that, though in forests, still reflect (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, H. Cowell (Spring Pools)
• The silken tent (She is as in a field a silken tent) (from A Witness Tree) - A. Alon
• The sound of the trees (I wonder about the trees) (from Mountain Interval) - H. Elwell
• The surest thing there is is we are riders (from West-Running Brook) - J. Mitchell (Riders)
• The telephone (When I was just as far as I could walk) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Thompson
• The way a crow (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Carter, L. Hoiby, L. Liebermann, N. Peros, V. Persichetti, A. Rosser (Dust of snow)
• 'Tis a steep wood of rocks - J. Weiss (The falls)
• To the thawing wind (Come with rain, O loud Southwester!) (from A Boy's Will) - J. Duke, E. Gregson, J. Mitchell
• Tree at my window, window tree (from West-Running Brook) - F. Jackson (Tree at my window)
• Tree at my window (Tree at my window, window tree) (from West-Running Brook) - F. Jackson
• Two roads diverged in a yellow wood (from Mountain Interval) GER - H. Elwell, R. Thompson, D. Weiland (The Road not Taken)
• Voices (When I was just as far as I could walk) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Birch
• Waspish (On glossy wires artistically bent) (from A Further Range) - C. Bentz
• We saw leaves go to glory * - D. Weiland (November)
• We saw Leaves Go to Glory (We saw leaves go to glory) - D. Weiland *
• When I see birches bend to left and right (from Mountain Interval) - P. Reif, L. Spratlan
• When I was just as far as I could walk (from Mountain Interval) - R. Birch, R. Thompson (The telephone)
• Whose woods these are I think I know (from New Hampshire) GER - M. Bonds, N. Boulanger, L. Crabtree, A. Diers, J. Duke, F. Glazer, L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, A. Henderson, W. Hoskins, A. Hudson, J. La Montaine, L. Liebermann, J. Mitchell, O. Mortensen, N. Peros, N. Rorem, A. Rosser, P. Sargent, A. Schmutz, D. Swann, R. Thompson, D. Weiland (Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening)
• Wind and window flower (Lovers, forget your love) (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
• Winds blow the open grassy places bleak * - D. Weiland (Atmosphere)

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