by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
We met as Sparks Matches base text
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
We met as Sparks — Diverging Flints Sent various — scattered ways — We parted as the Central Flint Were cloven with an Adze — Subsisting on the Light We bore Before We felt the Dark — A Flint unto this Day — perhaps — But for that single Spark.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franck Bedrossian (b. 1971), "We met as Sparks" [ soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello ]
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1865
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 50