by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Language: English
Answer July -- Where is the Bee -- Where is the Blush -- Where is the Hay? Ah, said July -- Where is the Seed -- Where is the Bud -- Where is the May -- Answer Thee -- Me -- Nay -- said the May -- Show me the Snow -- Show me the Bells -- Show me the Jay! Quibbled the Jay -- Where be the Maize -- Where be the Haze -- Where be the Bur? Here -- said the Year --
Composition:
- Set to music by Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), "Answer July", 2000, from The Passing of the Year, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Unpublished poems of Emily Dickinson
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Line count: 18
Word count: 68