Mary Ann Joyce
As the Circling Bird
Duration (in minutes): 4:30'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Score PDF: as_the_circling_bird-pgs1-4-5.pdf
Description: This is one of Hopkins' earliest poems; it, like the The Windhover and The Caged Skylark, uses the image of a bird as metaphor and reveals a mystical and spiritual connection to these beautiful creatures. (Audio features Nancy Ellen Ogle, soprano, Ginger Hwalek, piano.)