by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Beauty crowds me till I die
Language: English
Beauty crowds me till I die, Beauty, mercy have on me, But if I expire today Let it be in sight of thee.
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Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "Beauty crowds me" [soprano and piano], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer, no. 31. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
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