These songs may be performed separately or as a cycle."

The birds' lament = Der Vögel Klage / [words by] John Clare -- The owl = Die Eule / [words by] Alfred Tennyson -- The early nightingale = Die frühe Nachtigall / [words by] John Clare -- The widow bird = Der Witwenvogel / [words by] P.B. Shelley -- The lark = Die Lerche / [words by] S.T. Coleridge.