by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
A sepal, petal, and a thorn
Language: English
A sepal, petal, and a thorn Upon a common summer's morn -- A flask of Dew -- a Bee or two -- A Breeze -- a caper in the trees -- And I'm a Rose!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "And I'm a Rose!", op. 108 (Ten Emily Dickinson Songs) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Un sepalo, un petalo e una spina", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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