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Least Bee that brew -- A Honey's Weight The Summer multiply -- Content Her smallest fraction help The Amber Quantity --
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text not yet checked 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 Stefano Gervasoni (b. 1962), "676", 1991-2, rev. 1993-2003 [voice and chamber ensemble], from Least Bee, no. 4, Ricordi [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (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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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
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La plus petite Abeille qui brasse -- une Mesure de Miel Multiplie l'Été -- Contente que Sa minuscule fraction participe À la Quantité d'Ambre --
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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