by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
It's like the Light See original
Language: English
It's like the Light -- A fashionless Delight -- It's like the Bee -- A dateless -- Melody -- It's like the Woods -- Private -- Like the Breeze -- Phraseless -- yet it stirs The proudest Trees -- It's like the Morning -- Best -- when it's done -- And the Everlasting Clocks -- Chime -- Noon!
Composition:
- Set to music by William Hawley (b. 1950), "It's like the Light", first performed 1987 [ SSAATB chorus a cappella ], from Six Dickinson Settings, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "The Wind", appears in Poems: Third Series, in 3. Nature, no. 16
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 45