A Heart in Hiding

Song Cycle by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)

6. A Jewel, A Joy! [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

I held a jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep.
The day was warm, and winds were prosy;
I said: "'T will keep."

I woke and chid my honest fingers, -
The gem was gone;
And now an amethyst remembrance
Is all I own.

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems: Second Series, first published 1891

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