by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Oh Shadow on the Grass
Language: English
Oh Shadow on the Grass, Art thou a Step or not? Go make thee fair my Candidate My nominated Heart -- Oh Shadow on the Grass While I delay to guess Some other thou wilt consecrate -- Oh Unelected Face --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Oh, shadow on", alternate title: "Shadow on the grass", 1968. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 38