by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
My Triumph lasted till the Drums
Language: English
My Triumph lasted till the Drums Had left the Dead alone And then I dropped my Victory And chastened stole along To where the finished Faces Conclusion turned on me And then I hated Glory And wished myself were They. What is to be is best descried When it has also been -- Could Prospect taste of Retrospect The tyrannies of Men Were Tenderer -- diviner The Transitive toward. A Bayonet's contrition Is nothing to the Dead.
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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 Vivian Fine (1913 - 2000), "My Triumph lasted till the drums", 1991, first performed 1991 [soprano, piano, violin, oboe, bassoon, and percussion], from Songs of Love and War, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 75