by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Reverse cannot befall that fine...
Language: English
Reverse cannot befall that fine Prosperity Whose sources are interior. As soon Adversity A diamond overtake, In far Bolivian ground; Misfortune hath no implement Could mar it, if it found.
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Confirmed with Emily Dickinson, The Single Hound; poems of a lifetime, Boston: Little, Brown and company, p.10
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in The Single Hound, no. 8, first published 1915 [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 Monica Houghton , "Reverse cannot befall that fine Prosperity …", 2011, first performed 2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Three Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson ; Three Gems from Emily Dickinson, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-02
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Word count: 30