Let my first Knowing be of the thee with morning's warming Light - and my first Fearing, lest Unknowns engulph thee in the night -
Three Dickinson Songs
Song Cycle by Hugh Brunt
1. Let my first knowing be of thee [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), written c1878
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dass du im warmen Morgenlicht", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Mein erstes Fassen sei von Dir", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. For each ecstatic instant [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy. For each beloved hour Sharp pittances of years, Bitter contested farthings And coffers heaped with tears.
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1891
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Per ogni attimo d'estasi", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
3. Love's stricken 'why' [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Love's stricken, "why" Is all that love can speak -- Built of but just a syllable The hugest hearts that break.
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Letters of Emily Dickinson, first published 1894
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 76