"Nature" is what we see -- The Hill -- the Afternoon -- Squirrel -- Eclipse -- the Bumble bee -- Nay -- Nature is Heaven -- Nature is what we hear -- The Bobolink -- the Sea -- Thunder -- the Cricket -- Nay -- Nature is Harmony -- Nature is what we know -- Yet have no art to say -- So impotent Our Wisdom is To her Simplicity.
Songs for the Earth
Song Cycle by Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927)
1. Nature is what we see
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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2. And this delightful Herb [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
And this [delightful]1 Herb, whose [tender]2 green, Fledges the [River's Lip]3 on which we lean -- Ah, lean upon it lightly! for who knows From what once lovely Lip it springs unseen.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 19, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 25, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 20, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 20, first published 1859
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Houseley, Lehmann: "reviving"
2 Fitzgerald had "living" in the second edition.
3 Lehmann: "river-lip"
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3. I robbed the Woods [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
I robbed the Woods -- The trusting Woods. The unsuspecting Trees Brought out their Burs and mosses My fantasy to please. I scanned their trinkets curious -- I grasped -- I bore away -- What will the solemn Hemlock -- What will the Oak tree say?
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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4. Experiment
Language: English
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Text Authorship:
- by Dorothy Diemer Hendry (1918 - 2006), "Experiment", written 2001, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. And I saw another Brightness
Language: English
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Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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- a text in Latin by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) [text unavailable]
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6. Harvest moon ‑‑ The mockingbird sings in the night
Language: English
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Oliver (b. 1935), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Total word count: 125