by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The Whole of it came not at once —
Language: English
The Whole of it came not at once — 'Twas Murder by degrees — A Thrust — and then for Life a chance — The Bliss to cauterize — The Cat reprieves the Mouse She eases from her teeth Just long enough for Hope to tease — Then mashes it to death — 'Tis Life's award — to die — Contenteder if once — Than dying half — then rallying For consciouser Eclipse —
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Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Logan Skelton , "The Whole of it came not at once", 2008 [ soprano and piano ], from Dickinson Songs, Book 2: The Unknown Peninsula, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 74