by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
And this of all my hopes,
This, is the silent end.
Bountiful colored, My Morning rose,
Early and sere, its end.

Never Bud from a Stem
Stepped with so gay a Foot,
Never a Worm so confident
Bored at so brave a Root.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "And this of all my hopes", alternate title: "Eden", c1936, published 1944 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Five Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 5

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-06
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Word count: 43