by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The Judge is like the Owl
Language: English
The Judge is like the Owl - I’ve heard my Father tell - And Owls do build in Oaks - So here’s an Amber Sill - That slanted in my Path - When going to the Barn - And if it serve You for a House - Itself is not in vain - About the price - ’tis small - I only ask a Tune At Midnight - Let the Owl select His favourite Refrain.
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Confirmed with The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R.W. Franklin, Volume 2, Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998, Poem 728.
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 Julian Philips (b. 1969), "The owl", 1997/2002, published 2007 [high voice and piano], from An Amherst Bestiary, no. 6, Peters Edition [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le hibou", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Die Eule", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 75