by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Exultation
Language: English
Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea, Past the houses — past the headlands — Into deep Eternity — Bred as we, among the mountains, Can the sailor understand The divine intoxication Of the first league out from land?
Text 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 Sheena Phillips (b. 1958), "Exultation" [ ssa chorus ], from Sea Pieces, no. 3
Publisher: Canasg music [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-03
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Word count: 42