by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Under the Light, yet under
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
Under the Light, yet under, Under the Grass and the Dirt, Under the Beetle's Cellar Under the Clover's Root, Further than Arm could stretch Were it Giant long, Further than Sunshine could Were the Day Year long, Over the Light, yet over, Over the Arc of the Bird -- Over the Comet's chimney -- Over the Cubit's Head, Further than Guess can gallop Further than Riddle ride -- Oh for a Disc to the Distance Between Ourselves and the Dead!
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Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody, first published 1945 [author's text not yet checked 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 George Perle (1915 - 2009), "Under the Light, yet under" [ voice and piano ], from Thirteen Dickinson Songs, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 77