by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Language: English
Bind me -- I still can sing Banish -- my mandolin Strikes true within --. Slay -- and my Soul shall rise Chanting to Paradise -- Still thine.
Composition:
- Set to music by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), no title, 2002, first performed 2002 [ solo soprano, SATB chorus and orchestra ], from Chanting to Paradise, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Fessle mich - kann dennoch singen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Eric Saroian
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 24