So give me back to Death -- The Death I never feared Except that it deprived of thee -- And now, by Life deprived, In my own Grave I breathe And estimate its size -- Its size is all that Hell can guess -- And all that Heaven was --
To gather paradise
Song Cycle by Edith Canat de Chizy (b. 1960)
1. [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "1632"
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Confirmed with Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Little, Brown, 1955
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 45