by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
To lose one’s faith surpasses
Language: English
Our translations: GER
To lose one’s faith surpasses the loss of an estate, Because estates can be Replenished, — faith cannot. Inherited with life, Belief but once can be; Annihilate a single clause, And Being’s beggary.
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Text Authorship:
- 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 Joel Weiss , "Lost faith", 2014 [mezzo-soprano and viola], from I Shall not Live in Vain, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Joel Weiss
This text was added to the website: 2016-08-29
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Word count: 33