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Elysium is as far as to The very nearest room, If in that room a friend await Felicity or doom. What fortitude the soul contains, That it can so endure The accent of a coming foot, The opening of a door!
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Authorship
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [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 Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917 - 1995), "Elysium is as far", published 1964 [SSA chorus and piano], from Emily Dickinson Set [ sung text not verified ]
- by Adolf Weiss (1891 - 1971), "Elysium", 1928, published c1930 [soprano and string quartet], from Seven Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, no. 6. [ sung text not verified ]
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 © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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L'Élysée est aussi éloigné Que la Pièce la plus proche Si dans cette Pièce un Ami attend Félicité ou Ruine -- Quelle force contient l'Âme Qui peut ainsi supporter Le son de pieds qui arrivent -- D'ouverture d'une Porte --
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Translations of title(s):
"Elysium" = "L'Élysée"
"Elysium is as far" = "L'Élysée est aussi éloigné"
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- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-31
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Word count: 37