Beauty is not caused | Beauty be not caused, - it is

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Beauty be not caused ‑ it is

(Sung text for setting by G. Perle)

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Language: English

Our translations: GER ITA

Beauty be not caused, - it is;
Chase it and it ceases,
Chase it not and it abides,
Overtake the creases
in the meadow
when the wind
runs its long fingers through it?
Deity will see to it
that you never do it.

Composition:

George Perle

Thirteen Dickinson Songs

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2004-05-27
Line count: 9
Word count: 43

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