White as an Indian Pipe Red as a Cardinal Flower Fabulous as a Moon at Noon February Hour --
Sept Poèmes d'Emily Dickinson
Song Cycle by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948)
Word count: 132
1. February hour [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Heure de Février", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Summer is away [sung text checked 1 time]
There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And [Summers are]1 away --
Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'été est loin", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Hersant: "Summer is"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. Wise Orion [sung text checked 1 time]
Follow [wise]1 Orion Till you [waste]2 your Eye -- Dazzlingly decamping He is just as high --
Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Note: one version of this poem begins with the text Echo has no Magistrate, followed by the text above with two changes: 1 "fine" and 2 "furl".
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
4. Time [sung text checked 1 time]
Too happy Time dissolves itself And leaves no remnant by -- 'Tis Anguish not a Feather hath Or too much weight to fly --
Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Moment", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
5. Little hive [sung text checked 1 time]
Within that little Hive Such Hints of Honey lay As made Reality a Dream And Dreams, Reality --
Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Petite ruche", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
6. The Son of Ecstasy [sung text checked 1 time]
A Sloop of Amber slips away Upon an Ether Sea, and wrecks in Peace a Purple Tar, -- The Son of Ecstasy --
Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le Fils de l'Extase", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
7. Auroral Light [sung text checked 1 time]
Morning is due to all -- To some -- the Night -- To an imperial few -- The Auroral Light --
Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lumière de l'Aurore", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission