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Those final Creatures, -- who they are -- That, faithful to the close, Administer her ecstasy, But just the Summer knows.
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- 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 Stefano Gervasoni (b. 1962), "1766", 1991-2, rev. 1993-2003 [voice and chamber ensemble], from Least Bee, no. 2, Ricordi [ sung text verified 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 © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
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Die Letzten, wer’s auch immer ist, die treulich bis zum End den Sommer zur Ekstase führ’n, allein der Sommer kennt.
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-22
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