My Crow Pluto

"My Crow Pluto" is the second song of Two by Marianne Moore.

Date: 1963Composer: Virgil ThomsonText: Marianne MooreSong Collection: Two by Marianne Moore

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TO VICTOR HUGO OF MY CROW PLUTO
“Even when the bird is walking we know that it has wings.” — Victor Hugo

by Marianne Moore

Of:

my crow
Pluto,

the true
Plato,

azzurro-
negro

green-blue
rainbow,

Victor Hugo,
it is true

we know
that the crow

“has wings” how-
ever pigeon-toed

inturned on grass. We do
(adagio)

Vivo-
rosso

“corvo”;
although

con dizio-
nario

io parlo
Italiano-

this pseudo
Esperanto

which, savio
ucello,

you speak too-
my vow and motto

(botto e totto)
io giuro

e questo
credo:

lucro
e peso morto.

And so
dear crow-

gioiello
mio-

I have to
let you go;

a bel bosco
generoso,

tuttuto
vagabondo,

serafino
uvacceo.

Sunto,
oltremarino

verecondo
Plato, addio.

Recordings

Up Toward the Sky

(Amy Marcy Beach, William Ernest Henley, Richard Hundley, Marianne Moore, James Purdy, Edward Rowland Sill, Gertrude Stein, Sara Teasdale and Virgil Thomson)

2017

Sheet Music

My Crow Pluto (High Voice)

Composer(s): Virgil Thomson

Voice Type: High

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My Crow Pluto (Low Voice)

Composer(s): Virgil Thomson

Voice Type: Low

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