by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
To‑day or this noon
Language: English
To-day or this noon She dwelt so close, I almost touched her; Tonight she lies Past neighborhood -- And bough and steeple -- Now past surmise.
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Confirmed with Dickinson, Emily. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/113/5078.html
Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in The Single Hound [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), "Past surmise", 196-? [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
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Word count: 24