by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The grave my little cottage is Matches base text
Language: English
Our translations: GER
The grave my little cottage is, Where keeping house for thee, I make my parlor orderly And lay the marble tea For two divided briefly, A cycle it may be, Till everlasting life unite In strong society.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "The grave my little cottage is" [ soprano and piano ], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer, no. 25
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 37