1981
The Nantucket Songs
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem 
Song Collection
Ned Rorem's song cycle Nantucket Songs was composed in 1979 and published in 1981. The song cycle is for high voice and piano.
Songs
1. “From whence cometh song?” (Theodore Roethke)
2. “The Dance” (William Carlos Williams)
3. “Nantucket” (William Carlos Williams)
4. “Go, lovely Rose” (Edmund Waller)
5. “Up-hill” (Christina Rossetti)
6. “Mother, I cannot mind my wheel” (Walter Savage Landor)
7. “Fear of death” (John Ashbery)
8. “Thoughts of a young girl” (John Ashbery)
9. “Ferry me across the water” (Christina Rossetti)
10. “The dancer” (Edmund Waller)
Sheet Music