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Waterbird
by James Purdy
Waterbird, waterbird
gently afloat,
know you my yearning
for places remote?
Water bird, water bird
under the sea,
keep you a kingdom
for sleepers like me?
from An Oyster is a Wealthy Beast by James Purdy.
(Black Sparrow Press)
Copyright 1967 by James Purdy
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
Ten Songs (For High Voice and Piano)
Composer(s): Richard Hundley
Voice Type: High
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