Sonnets of Love and Chaos

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1 nkar ulishing Comany onnets o Love Chaos or (div.) chorus tacy Garro

2 onnet exts. What lis my lis have kissed, where, why What lis my lis have kissed, where, why, have orgotten, what arms have lain nder my head till morning; ut the rain s ull o ghosts tonight, that ta sigh on the glass listen or rely, nd in my heart there stirs a quiet ain or unrememered lads that not again Will turn to me at midnight with a cry. hus in the winter sts the lonely tree, Nor knows what irds have vanished one y one, Yet knows its oughs more silent than eore: cannot say what loves have come gone, only know that summer sang in me little while, that in me sings no more. What lis my lis have kissed Coyright 192, 1951 y Edna t. incent Millay Norma Millay Ellis. ll rights reserved. ext used y ermission o Elizaeth arnett, literary executor.. will ut Chaos into ourteen lines will ut Chaos into ourteen lines nd kee him there; let him thence escae he e lucky; let him twist, ae lood, ire, demon --- his adroit designs Will strain to nothing in the strict conines O this sweet order, where, in ious rae, hold his essence amorhous shae, ill he with Order mingles comines. ast are the hours, the years o our duress, His arrogance, our awul servitude: have him. He is nothing more nor less han something simle not yet understood; shall not even orce him to coness; Or answer. will only make him good. will ut Chaos into ourteen lines Coyright Norma Millay Ellis. ll rights reserved. ext used y ermission o Elizaeth arnett, literary executor.

3 Duration: minutes Commissioned y the Dale Warl ingers with maor unding rovided y the erome oundation with additional suort rom the lice M. Ditson und o Columia niversity. onnets o Love Chaos. What lis my lis have kissed, where, why onnets y Edna t. incent Millay tacy Garro March/ril 2001 q» Calm, relective Con ruato orano lto # # n enor ass #. iano (rehearsal only) # # # n. Music 2001 tacy Garro ll Rights Reserved. nkar ulishing Comany What lis my lis have kissed 192, 1951 y Edna t. incent Millay Norma Millay Ellis. will ut Chaos into ourteen lines Norma Millay Ellis. ll Rights Reserved. ext used y ermission o Elizaeth arnett, literary executor.

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5 5 1 # #. h un - der my head till n. n. n. # # # morn - ing; # utti # h ut the. # rain is ull o # un - der my head till # # h morn - ing;. # # # # # # # # # # oco. #. # # ghosts #. to - night, n. utti that ta that ta.. sigh u - on the sigh glass lis - ten or re -.. utti #. #. that ta sigh h h #. #. n #... oco

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7 q» assionate. nd in my - heart there stirs a qui - et ain. - or 2 n my heart there stirs a qui - et ain - 2 n my heart there., n my heart there stirs there stirs a - stirs. a 2 2. ( ) n.,.. un - re - mem - ered lads. or un - re - mem-ered qui - et ain or lads ain or lads. that not a - gain will lads that not a - gain that not a - gain that not a - gain turn to me at mid-night with a. turn to me at mid - night turn to me at mid-night, turn with a. n ( )...

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10 12 9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # will will ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ will will 12 # # our - teen our - teen # n # # #. q» ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kee kee kee kee kee kee # lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # lines # Childlike; everyone sing with no virato whiser let him thence es - cae whiser let him thence es - cae # let him thence es - cae i # e»e oco he e luck - y;. : ollow line contour u to m kee him there; kee him there; n kee him there; n kee.. let him twist let him twist. utti whiser whiser let him twist - ae ae ae. #.....

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13 . qk» or - der. or - der. where, in i - ous.. utti. rae, where, in i - ous.. hold his es - sence. rae, utti a -mor - hous hold his es - sence. 15 or - der. utti where, in.. i - ous.. rae, hold his es -. or - der where, in i - ous rae, hold his es #.. n... shae, utti till he with Or - der. min - gles com - ines... a - mor - hous sence a - shae, till he with.. mor - hous.. Or - der. shae. min - gles com - ines sence a -. mor - hous shae

14 1 q» # # #. # ast are the hours, the #. ast are the hours, the #. ast are the hours, the #. # ast are the hours, the n - # years o our du - ress, - # years o our du - ress, - n # years o our du - ress, - n # years o our du - ress, # # His # # ar - ro - gance, # His ar - ro - gance, # His ar - ro - gance, # His ar - ro - gance, # n n our aw - ul our aw - ul n our aw - ul # # our aw - ul # # #. # # #. # # # - - n n # n ## # # # # # # # # # n n # Rit. 7 ser - vi - tude: - have him. n - have (stagger reathing) # # # him. - - (stagger reathing) ser - vi-tude: have him. have him.. # - # # ser - vi - tude: ser - vi - tude: - have -. have - -. have - him. him... him. n - n n have him. have him. - # - have him. # # # # - # # # #

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