by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
That I did always love
Language: English
Our translations: GER
That I did always love I bring thee Proof That till I loved I never lived — Enough — That I shall love alway — I argue thee That love is life — And life hath Immortality — This — dost thou doubt — Sweet — Then have I Nothing to show But Calvary —
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Text 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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "That I did always love", first performed 2014 [ soprano, piano ], from Newer Every Day: Songs for Kiri, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Logan Skelton , "That I did always love", 2008 [ soprano and piano ], from Dickinson Songs, Book 2: The Unknown Peninsula, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Peter Mennin, Thomas Pasatieri.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 55