by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Upon the gallows hung a wretch
 (Sung text for setting by J. Weiss)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
Upon the gallows hung a wretch,
  Too sullied for the hell
To which the law entitled him.
  As nature's curtain fell
The one who bore him tottered in,
  For this was woman's son.
"'Twere all I had," she stricken gasped;
  Oh, what a livid boon!

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Joel Weiss

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 46