by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The Auctioneer of Parting
Language: English
The Auctioneer of Parting His "Going, going, gone" Shouts even from the Crucifix, And brings his Hammer down -- He only sells the Wilderness, The prices of Despair Range from a single human Heart To Two -- not any more --
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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 Leon Kirchner (b. 1919), "1612", 1982 [soprano and piano], from The Twilight Stood, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-13
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