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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Text Authorship:
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 (b. 1963), "So set its sun in thee" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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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Line count: 6
Word count: 27
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 ?
