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His Mansion in the Pool The Frog forsakes -- He rises on a Log And statements makes -- His Auditors two Worlds Deducting me, The Orator of April Is hoarse Today -- His Mittens at his feet No Hand hath he -- His eloquence a Bubble As Fame should be -- Applaud him to discover To your chagrin Demosthenes has vanished In Waters Green --
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Confirmed with The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R.W. Franklin, Volume 3, Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998, Poem 1355. Note: a different published version of this poem has "has" instead of "hath" in line 10 and "Forums" instead of "Waters" in the last line.
Text 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 Julian Philips (b. 1969), "The frog", 1997/2002, published 2007 [ high voice and piano ], from An Amherst Bestiary, no. 15, Peters Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , appears in Kinder-Lieder, in 2. Lieder und Bilder aus der Natur, copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 59
Seine Wohnung in dem Wasser Verlässt der Frosch - Er steigt auf einen gefallnen Baumstamm Und macht Aussagen - Seine Zuhörer - zwei Welten Mich nicht einbezogen, Der Redner des Aprils Ist heute heiser - Seine Fäustlinge zu seinen Füßen Keine Hand hat er - Seine Beredsamkeit eine Illusion So wie Berühmtheit sein sollte - Zahle ihm Beifall um zu deinem Verdruss Zu erfahren, Dass Demosthenes verschwunden ist In grünen Wässern.
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Translation of title "The frog" = "Der Frosch"
Note for line 16, word 3: for the other published version of the poem, the translation would be "Foren" instead of "Wässern".
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- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 65