by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I shall not murmur if at last Matches base text
Language: English
I shall not murmur if at last The ones I loved below Permission have to understand For what I shunned them so. Divulging it would rest my heart, But it would ravage theirs. Why, Katie, treason has a voice, But mine dispels in tears.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "I shall not murmur if at last" [ soprano and piano ], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace, no. 24
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 44