Sept Poèmes d'Emily Dickinson

Song Cycle by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948)

1. February hour
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
White as an Indian Pipe
Red as a Cardinal Flower
Fabulous as a Moon at Noon
February Hour --

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Heure de Février", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Summer is away
 (Sung text)

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There comes a warning like a spy
A shorter breath of Day
A stealing that is not a stealth
And Summer is away --

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'été est loin", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Wise Orion
 (Sung text)

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Follow wise Orion
Till you waste your Eye --
Dazzlingly decamping
He is just as high --

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Note: one version of this poem begins with the text Echo has no Magistrate, followed by the text above with two changes: Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

4. Time
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Too happy Time dissolves itself
And leaves no remnant by --
'Tis Anguish not a Feather hath
Or too much weight to fly --

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Moment", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. Little hive
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Within that little Hive
Such Hints of Honey lay
As made Reality a Dream
And Dreams, Reality --

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Petite ruche", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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6. The Son of Ecstasy
 (Sung text)

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A Sloop of Amber slips away
Upon an Ether Sea, 
and wrecks in Peace a Purple Tar, --
The Son of Ecstasy --

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le Fils de l'Extase", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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7. Auroral Light
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Morning is due to all --
To some -- the Night --
To an imperial few --
The Auroral Light --

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lumière de l'Aurore", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Total word count: 139