1965
The Apparition
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem Text by 
Theodore Roethke
Theodore Roethke Poems of Love and Rain Song Collection
"The Apparition" is the fifth and 13th song in Ned Rorem's song cycle Poems of Love and Rain for mezzo-soprano and piano.
In this song cycle, Rorem sets each poem twice, and the poems mirror each other in their order (i.e. the first poem is also the last poem, the second is also the second to last, etc.)
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