by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
1062
Language: English
He scanned it -- staggered -- Dropped the Loop To Past or Period -- Caught helpless at a sense as if His Mind were going blind -- Groped up, to see if God was there -- Groped backward at Himself Caressed a Trigger absently And wandered out of Life.
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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), "1062", 1982 [soprano and piano], from The Twilight Stood, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 44