1981
Know the World
Composed by 
Miriam Gideon
Miriam Gideon Text by 
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish Spirit Above the Dust Song Collection
"Know the World" is the second movement in Miriam Gideon's song cycle Spirit Above the Dust.
Text
Theory of Poetry
by Archibald MacLeish
Know the world by heart
Or never know it!
Let the pedant stand apart-
Nothing he can name will show it:
Also him of intellectual art.
None know it
Till they know the world by heart.
Take heart then, poet!
Sheet Music
Spirit Above the Dust
Miriam Gideon
1. Prologue
2. Know the World
3. The Two Trees
4. The Linden Branch
5. Black Boy
6. My Caliban Creature
Interlude
7. The Snow Fall
2. Know the World
3. The Two Trees
4. The Linden Branch
5. Black Boy
6. My Caliban Creature
Interlude
7. The Snow Fall