Prendre comme fait l'Abeille (Dickinson, set by Leon Kirchner) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Partake as doth the Bee

Language: English

Available translation(s): FRE GER

Partake as doth the Bee,
Abstemiously.
The Rose is an Estate --
In Sicily.

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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), "994", 1982 [soprano and piano], from The Twilight Stood, no. 5. [ 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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Text added to the website: 2014-01-13 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:27
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Word count: 13

Prendre comme fait l'Abeille

Language: French (Français) after the English

Prendre comme fait l'Abeille --
Frugalement.
Une Rose est une Propriété --
En Sicile --

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title

Text added to the website: 2014-01-14 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:28
Line count: 4
Word count: 12