Heart, we will forget him | Heart, we will forget him

Heart, we will forget him

Language: English

Our translations: CAT FRE GER ITA

Heart, we will forget him
You and I, tonight.
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me,
That I [my thoughts may dim]¹;
Haste! lest while you're lagging,
I may remember him!

About the headline (FAQ)

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ another version (Dickinson): "may straight begin"

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "Heart! we will forget him", from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
by Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "Heart, we will forget him", 1949-50, published 1951 [ mezzo-soprano, piano ], from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Heart, we will forget him", 1968, published 1978 [ soprano and piano ], from Six Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 2, Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc., New York and Peer Musikverlag GMbH, Hamburg [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf Escher (1912 - 1980), "Heart, we will forget him", 1955, published 1956 [ mixed chorus of 7-10 voices ], from Songs of Love and Eternity, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Heart, we will forget him", op. 108 (Ten Emily Dickinson Songs) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Heart! We will forget him", 2005 [ voice and piano ], from Forgotten Light, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by David Sisco , "Heart, we will forget him ", 2007 [ soprano and piano ], from Love is..., no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
by Russell Smith (b. 1927), "Heart, we will forget him" [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Three Songs from Emily Dickinson [sung text not yet checked]
by Gitta Steiner (1932 - 1990), no title, published 1971 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Poems for Mixed Chorus [sung text not yet checked]

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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43