by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
New feet within my garden go Matches original text
Language: English
Our translations: GER
New feet within my garden go, New fingers stir the sod; A troubadour upon the elm Betrays the solitude. New children play upon the green, New weary sleep below; And still the pensive spring returns, And still the punctual snow!
Composition:
- Set to music by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "New feet within my garden go", 1975 [ soprano and piano ], from Four Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 1, Southern/Texas
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40