by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
No dew upon the grass Matches original text
Language: English
The Sun kept setting -- setting -- still No Hue of Afternoon -- Upon the Village I perceived From House to House 'twas Noon. The Dusk kept dropping -- dropping -- still No Dew upon the Grass -- But only on my Forehead stopped -- And wandered in my Face -- My Feet kept drowsing -- drowsing -- still My fingers were awake -- Yet why so little sound -- Myself Unto my Seeming -- make? How well I knew the Light before -- I could not see it now -- 'Tis Dying -- I am doing -- but I'm not afraid to know --
Composition:
- Set to music by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "No dew upon the grass", 1935-40, published 1942 [ low voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 4, published in the January edition of New Music
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87