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Six Choral Pieces for SATB

Song Cycle by Mary Ruth Brink Berger Inwood (b. 1928)

?. To see a World in a Grain of Sand  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
To see [a]1 World in a Grain of Sand,
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.

Text Authorship:

  • by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Auguries of Innocence, no. 1

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Proverbe VII", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Eine Welt zu sehn in dem Körnchen Sand", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Vedere un mondo in un grano di sabbia", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Coulthard: "the"; further changes may exist not noted

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 30
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