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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

I shall not murmur if at last
 (Sung text for setting by G. Getty)
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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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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

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