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We pray -- to Heaven -- We prate -- of Heaven -- Relate -- when Neighbors die -- At what o'clock to heaven -- they fled -- Who saw them -- Wherefore fly? Is Heaven a Place -- a Sky -- a Tree? Location's narrow way is for Ourselves -- Unto the Dead There's no Geography -- But State -- Endowal -- Focus -- Where -- Omnipresence -- fly?
E. Bacon sets stanza 2
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Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Is Heaven a Place -- a Sky -- a Tree?", published 1947, stanza 2 [ SSAA chorus and piano or chamber orchestra ], from From Emily's Diary [sung text not yet checked]
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: 2004-06-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 51
Wir flehn - zum Himmel - erzähl’n - vom Himmel - oft dann, wenn jemand stirbt. Wann es wohl in den Himmel ging - wer sah’s - warum im Flug? Ist er ein Ort - die Luft - ein Baum? Zu eng scheint uns der Weg zu diesem Raum. Topographie - ein Toter braucht sie nie - mit Ruh’ - beschenkt - vollkommen - wohin - bei Gotts Allgegenwart - im Flug?
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Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 72