by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Impossibility, like Wine
Language: English
Impossibility, like Wine Exhilarates the Man Who tastes it; Possibility Is flavorless -- Combine A Chance's faintest Tincture And in the former Dram Enchantment makes ingredient As certainly as Doom –
Text 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 Patrick J. Zimmerli (b. 1968), "Impossibility, like Wine", 2011, published 2011 [soprano and piano], from Wine songs for mezzo-soprano voice and piano, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 30