by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant - Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind -
Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 David Horowicz (b. 1960), "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant", 1988 [soprano, viola, mandolin, guitar], from Five songs on poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 43