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So set its sun in thee, What day is dark to me - What distance far, So I the ships may see That touch how seldomly Thy shore?
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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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "So set its sun in thee", c1935 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "So set its sun in thee", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Five Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ann Marie Callaway (b. 1949), "So set its sun in thee", 1979 [ soprano, flute, piano ], from Besides this May, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ruth Morris Gray , "So set its sun in thee" [ SATB chorus ], Alfred Music Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nick Peros , "So set its sun in thee" [sung text checked 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 © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Ainsi se coucha son Soleil en Toi Quel Jour serait sombre pour moi Quelle Distance lointaine Ainsi je peux voir les Bateaux Qui touchent si rarement Ta Rive ?
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 29