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Some say goodnight — at night — I say goodnight by day — Good-bye — the Going utter me — Goodnight, I still reply — For parting, that is night, And presence, simply dawn — Itself, the purple on the height Denominated morn.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), written 1863 [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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Goodnight", first performed 2014 [ soprano, piano ], from Newer Every Day: Songs for Kiri, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonne nuit", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website: 2018-03-14 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-03-14 12:05:25
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Word count: 43
Certains disent bonne nuit — la nuit — je dis bonne nuit le jour — Au revoir — Ceux qui s'en vont me disent — Bonne nuit, je réponds encore — Car partir, c'est la nuit, Et la présence, simplement l'aube — Elle-même, la pourpre sur la hauteur Nommée le matin.
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), written 1863
Text added to the website: 2018-03-14 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-03-14 13:21:57
Line count: 8
Word count: 51