by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
How noteless Men, and Pleiads, stand
Language: English
How noteless Men, and Pleiads, stand, Until a sudden sky Reveals the fact that One is rapt Forever from the Eye — Members of the Invisible, Existing, while we stare, In Leagueless Opportunity, O'ertakenless, as the Air — Why didn't we detain Them? The Heavens with a smile, Sweep by our disappointed Heads Without a syllable —
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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 Jitka Koželuhová (b. 1966), "...how noteless...", 1991-92, copyright © 1997 [soprano and piano], from Six Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 57