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Delight is as the flight - Or in the Ratio of it, As the Schools would say - The Rainbow's way - A Skein Flung colored, after Rain, Would suit as bright, Except that flight Were Aliment - "If it would last" I asked the East, When that Bent Stripe Struck up my childish Firmament - And I, for glee, Took Rainbows, as the common way, And empty Skies The Eccentricity - And so with Lives - And so with Butterflies - Seen magic -- through the fright That they will cheat the sight - And Dower latitudes far on - Some sudden morn - Our portion - in the fashion - Done --
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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 Betty Roe (b. 1930), "Delight is as the flight", published 1999 [duet for soprano and baritone with piano], from Delight, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
- by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Delight is as the flight (poem #257)", 2003, first performed 2005 [soprano and small ensemble consisting of flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano and percussionist (playing only vibraphone (motor off), 2 crotales (Eb and D), and 2 bongos)], from Bubble: Rainbow (spirit level), no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-15
Line count: 26
Word count: 99
La délectation est comme le vol - Ou en rapport avec lui, Comme les Écoles diraient - La manière de l'arc-en-ciel - Un Écheveau lancé coloré, après la Pluie, Serait aussi brillante Sauf que le vol Serait Nourriture - "Si cela durait" Je demandais à l'Est, Quand cette rayure courbe A frappé mon enfantin Firmament - Et moi, joyeuse , Je pris les Arcs-en-ciel, comme chose commune, Et les cieux vides Pour Excentricité - Et c'est ainsi pour les Vies - Et c'est ainsi pour les Papillons - Vus magiques - à travers la peur Qu'ils trompent la vue - Et Doter les latitudes au loin - Quelque matin soudain - Notre Part - à cette mode - Terminée -
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
This text was added to the website: 2010-07-22
Line count: 26
Word count: 105