by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Delight is as the flight
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
Delight is as the flight - Or in the Ratio of it, As the Schools would say - The Rainbow's way - A Skein Flung colored, after Rain, Would suit as bright, Except that flight Were Aliment - "If it would last" I asked the East, When that Bent Stripe Struck up my childish Firmament - And I, for glee, Took Rainbows, as the common way, And empty Skies The Eccentricity - And so with Lives - And so with Butterflies - Seen magic -- through the fright That they will cheat the sight - And Dower latitudes far on - Some sudden morn - Our portion - in the fashion - Done --
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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 Betty Roe (b. 1930), "Delight is as the flight", published 1999 [duet for soprano and baritone with piano], from Delight, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
- by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Delight is as the flight (poem #257)", 2003, first performed 2005 [soprano and small ensemble consisting of flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano and percussionist (playing only vibraphone (motor off), 2 crotales (Eb and D), and 2 bongos)], from Bubble: Rainbow (spirit level), no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-15
Line count: 26
Word count: 112