by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
To die — takes just a little while —
Language: English
To die — takes just a little while — They say it doesn't hurt — It's only fainter — by degrees — And then — it's out of sight — A darker Ribbon — for a Day — A Crape upon the Hat — And then the pretty sunshine comes — And helps us to forget — The absent — mystic — creature — That but for love of us — Had gone to sleep — that soundest time — Without the weariness —
R. Jordahl sets stanza 1
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Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Michael Ippolito (b. 1985), "To die — takes just a little while —", 2014 [ solo voice ], from Peacock Presumes to Die!, no. 5, confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Arnold Jordahl (b. 1926), "To die takes just a little while", stanza 1 [ voice and flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon ], from Death and the Maiden, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 84