by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The caterpillar Matches original text
Language: English
Our translations: GER
How soft a Caterpillar steps — I find one on my Hand From such a Velvet world it comes Such plushes at command Its soundless travels just arrest My slow — terrestrial eye Intent upon its own career What use has it for me —
Note: Two misprints have been corrected: Line 5, word 1 (formerly "It's"), and Line 7, word 2 (formerly "opon").
Composition:
- Set to music by Julian Philips (b. 1969), "The caterpillar", 1997/2002, published 2007 [ high voice and piano ], from An Amherst Bestiary, no. 16, Peters Edition
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Die Raupe", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 45