by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Softened by Time’s consummate plush Matches original text
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Softened by Time’s consummate plush, How sleek the woe appears That threatened childhood’s citadel and undermined the years. Bisected now, by bleaker griefs, We envy the despair That devastated childhood’s realm, so easy to repair.
Composition:
- Set to music by James Sclater , "Softened by Time’s consummate plush", 1972 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Four Songs on Texts of Emily Dickinson, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "Childish griefs", appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, in 1. Life, no. 55, first published 1896
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2016-03-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 35