by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The going from a world we know Matches base text
Language: English
The going from a world we know, To one a wonder still Is like the child's adversity Whose vista is a hill. Behind the hill is sorcery And everything unknown, But will the secret compensate For climbing it alone?
Composition:
- Set to music by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "The going from a world we know" [ 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. 29
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: 39