by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Not what we did, shall be the test
Language: English
Not what we did, shall be the test When act and will are done But what our Lord infers we would Had we diviner been -
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Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Not what we did, shall be the test", published 1947 [ soprano and alto soli, SSAA chorus, and piano ], from From Emily's Diary [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-02
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