SKIP
STRADTMAN
To
go
in
the
dark
with
a
light
is
to
know
the
light. To
know
the
dark,
go
dark.
Go
without
sight, and
find
that
the
dark,
too,
blooms
and
sings, and
is
traveled
by
dark
feet
and
dark
wings.
-Wendell
Berry
IPA
GUIDE
[m]
=
"mm"
[u]
=
"oo"
as
in
"hoot"
[ɔ]
=
"aw"
as
in
"lawyer"
[a]
=
forward
"ah"
as
in
"waffle"
Wendell
Berry,
“To
Know
the
Dark”
from
New
Collected
Poems.
Copyright
©
1970,
2012
by Wendell
Berry.
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with
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of
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To
Know
the
Dark
To pp,
hushed
&
marked go in the dark with a light is (gradually
becoming
legato) to know the briskly,
q
=
84 rall.
To pp,
hushed
&
marked go in the dark with a light is (gradually
becoming
legato) to know the
To pp,
hushed
&
marked go in the dark with a light is (gradually
becoming
legato) to know the
To pp,
hushed
&
marked go in the dark with a light is (gradually
becoming
legato) to know the briskly,
q
=
84
SOPRANO
ALTO TENOR BASS
Piano
(gradually
more
marked)
(gradually
more
marked)
q
toknowthe
S.
B. Pno. To sub.
p,
marked go inthedark witha light (gradually
becoming
legato) is toknowthe briskly,
q
=
84 accel.
molto
rall.
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more
marked) the light, mf To sub.
p,
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more
marked) light mf To sub.
p,
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becoming
legato) is toknowthe light (gradually
more
marked) mf To sub.
p,
marked go inthedark withalight is (gradually
becoming
legato) to know the briskly,
q
=
84 accel.
molto
rall.
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q
=
84
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q
=
84
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and
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and
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