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Within my Garden, rides a Bird [Opon]1 a single Wheel -- Whose spokes a dizzy Music make As 'twere a travelling Mill -- He never stops, but slackens -- Above the Ripest Rose - Partakes without alighting -- And praises as he goes, Till every spice is tasted -- And then his Fairy Gig Reels in remoter atmospheres -- And I rejoin my Dog, And He and I, perplex us If positive, 'twere we -- Or bore the Garden in the Brain This Curiosity - But He, the best Logician, Refers my clumsy eye -- To just vibrating Blossoms! An Exquisite Reply!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R.W. Franklin, Volume 2, Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998, Poem 370. Note: in one of the earlier published versions of this poem, stanza 5, line 2, word 3 was "duller" instead of "clumsy".
1 [sic] ; Philips: "Upon"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 hummingbird", 1997/2002, published 2007 [ high voice and piano ], from An Amherst Bestiary, no. 8, Peters Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Evan Williams (b. 1988), "Within My Garden Rides a Bird" [ soprano and piano ], from Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson), no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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) , "Der Kolibri", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 93
Dans mon Jardin, un Oiseau pédale Sur une seule Roue -- Qui fait une musique folle Comme s'il y avait un Moulin -- Il ne s'arrête jamais, mais ralentit Au-dessus de la Rose la plus Ouverte -- Prend quelque chose sans se poser Et la loue en s'en allant, Jusqu'à ce que chaque épice ait été goûtée -- Et alors son Cabriolet Magique Vacille vers des atmosphères plus éloignées -- Et je rejoins mon Chien, Et Lui et Moi, nous nous posons la question Si c'était vrai ce qui était devant nous, Ou si le Jardin dans la Tête a fait naître Cette Curiosité -- Mais Lui, le meilleur Logicien, Renvoie mon œil maladroit -- Aux Fleurs qui vibrent encore ! Une Réponse exquise !
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Translation of title "The hummingbird" = "L'oiseau-mouche"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 116