by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
As Summer into Autumn slips
Language: English
Our translations: GER
As Summer into Autumn slips And yet we sooner say "The Summer" than "the Autumn," lest We turn the sun away, And almost count it an Affront The presence to concede Of one however lovely, not The one that we have loved — So we evade the charge of Years On one attempting shy The Circumvention of the Shaft Of Life's Declivity.
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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 Tom Cipullo (b. 1960), "As Summer Into Autumn Slips", 2001 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Late Summer, no. 2 [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
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This text was added to the website: 2017-07-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 62