by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Civilization ‑ spurns ‑ the Leopard!
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Civilization - spurns - the Leopard! Was the Leopard - bold? Deserts - never rebuked her Satin - Ethiop - her Gold - Tawny - her Customs - She was Conscious - Spotted - her Dun Gown - This was the Leopard’s nature - Signor - Need - a keeper - frown? Pity - the Pard - that left her Asia - Memories - of Palm - Cannot be stifled - with Narcotic - Nor suppressed - with Balm -
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R.W. Franklin, Volume 1, Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998, Poem 276.
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 leopard", 1997/2002, published 2007 [high voice and piano], from the collection An Amherst Bestiary, no. 11, Peters Edition [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Die Leopardin", 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
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Word count: 80